White House buried Trump's call to Putin in debate night frenzy

[turbinetree]

The White House didn't bother to mention it until late Wednesday night.

Zack Ford
Aug 1, 2019, 9:43 am

President Donald Trump spoke Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the only reason anybody knows about the call is because the Russians publicly disclosed it. The White House made no public mention of it until late Wednesday night.

According to the official Russian account of the call, shared to the Facebook page for Russia’s U.S. embassy, the discussion focused on the wildfires currently ravaging Siberia. Putin spoke of a “powerful group of aircraft” they were using to fight the wildfires. Trump offered to help with this effort, and Putin regarded this offer “as a sign that it is possible that full-scale bilateral relations will be restored in the future.”

This latest round of Trump and Putin cozying up comes just a week after former special counsel Robert Mueller testified that Russians are still very much meddling in U.S. elections.

A new report from the Senate Intelligence Committee last week confirmed the extent of Russia’s interference in 2016 and how ill-prepared the country is as it enters its 2020 election cycle. Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is also facing massive public scrutiny for his unwillingness to let the Senate take up any election security legislation (the hashtag #MoscowMitch has quickly become popular online).

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-spoke-to-putin-this-week-and-hardly-anyone-noticed-b72dddc2ccd6/

The next debate, someone has got to mention this shit on what this traitor is doing...................and how many times after the fact has this asshole and his team done this, and then to have the fucking Russian mention this, to throw more salt on the wounds...............this asshole just doesn't give a fuck

Impeach his ass now.....................

[dalton99a]

1. Russians waste no time bragging about their puppet

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Remember Trump scolding the French for not using aircraft to put out the Notre Dame fire?

It’s like Putin knows exactly what to say to get his interest.

[Grasswire2]

3. Did Trump ask Putin if Russia is raking the forest floors?

Forest management!

Nobody ever talked about it until Trump did.

[Guilded Lilly]

4. The Cretin is owned. Plain and simple. By a foreign enemy. n/t

[njhoneybadger]

5. I feel like I'm in a never ending twilight zone episode.

[real Cannabis calm]

6. The Republican controlled Senate already asserted that they will block impeachment.

Impeaching Trump now will fail, while rallying his base. It takes a 2/3 majority in the Senate to impeach a president. Nancy Pelosi and other experienced members of the House of Representatives understand this reality.