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shanen

(349 posts) Tue Jul 17, 2018, 08:54 PM Jul 2018

Putin summited Trump, why and how

My three thoughts about Trump's latest blunders and how Putin climbed all over him:

(1) I think Putin has recordings of their "private" meeting, possibly even video from the wired translator. (BTW, I'm pretty sure Putin has little need for an English-Russian translator, but he wanted a witness in case he couldn't believe his own ears.)

(2) I'm sure Putin played Trump like a toy drum. Whatever Putin wanted Trump to say, Trump said it, and some more besides. Trump probably revealed top secret information or worse, and Putin has proof. ("I can't believe my ears. Did Trump REALLY just give me the name of the top CIA covert asset in Syria?" )

(3) Trump had already started to realize how badly he had been pwned and that's why he was so flustered in the post-meeting presser.

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