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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis sounds more like a deal Lucky Luciano and Dutch Schultz would have made- WTF
A third government official briefed on the meeting defended the president, saying Mr. Trump was using a negotiating tactic when he told Mr. Lavrov about the pressure he was under. The idea, the official suggested, was to create a sense of obligation with Russian officials and to coax concessions out of Mr. Lavrov on Syria, Ukraine and other issues by saying that Russian meddling in last years election had created enormous political problems for Mr. Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/trump-russia-comey.html?_r=0
It reminds me of when Lucky Luciano and Dutch Schultz were trying to muscle Bumpy Johnson out of the Harlem numbers racket.
spanone
(135,831 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Phoenix61
(17,003 posts)Because they are the only ones dumb enough to believe that crap.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)They NEVER NEVER NEVER come up with an excuse that is even 5% plausible. Just completely absurd. Definitely absurd theater. So stupid it's not even humorous. Just dumb.
MedusaX
(1,129 posts)Is EXACTLY the verbiage one would use to tryand leverage the "enormous pressure" resulting from another's actions......
NO.,,..,,
But it is EXACTLY the verbiage a skeeered little A$$et would use to try and prove to his handlers that he was still worthy of being an A$$et...