Trump spokesman on Russia: president-elect already getting 'wins' abroad

[inanna]

Source: The Guardian

Sunday 1 January 2017 18.38 GMT

As Russian diplomats expelled by Barack Obama left the US on Sunday, Donald Trump’s incoming White House spokesman attempted to cast as a diplomatic triumph the president-elect’s controversial response to intelligence community reports that Moscow sought to influence the presidential election.

“That’s actually good for our country,” Sean Spicer told ABC’s This Week, referring to Russian president Vladimir Putin’s decision not to pursue immediate retaliation.

“So everyone wants to talk about the tweets that he sends but I want to focus on the action that he’s getting. Donald Trump’s not president yet and he’s getting action, successes and wins both abroad and here at home.”

Trump’s decision to praise Putin, question intelligence findings and repeatedly say the US should “move on” places the president-elect at odds not just with the current White House, but with his own party in Congress.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/01/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia-hacking-sean-spicer

[moondust]

1. Neville Chamberlain got "successes and wins."

How'd that work out?

[Ghost OF Trotsky]

2. As with "facts"...

If you let them define what "wins" are, then, yes.....

[SunSeeker]

3. Is this the "winning" Trump said we'd get tired of?

I know I'm already tired of his "wins."

[bdamomma]

4. new trump speech vocabulary????

this jerk likes to speak in codes remember he said he likes to win??? doesn't like losers, and will be friends with countries who want to be friends with us, showing his immaturity and true dangerous self. The guy is clueless.

[TygrBright]

5. Pravda Spice is gonna be useful.

Just listen carefully to what he sez, and you'll know exactly what's going on.

The opposite of whatever he's sayin'.

Helpful, that.

wearily,
Bright

[Tanuki]

6. Reminds me of Charlie Sheen's Tiger Blood phase, right before

he went into rehab
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DpipTwjwrQYQ&ved=0ahUKEwjKp-m556LRAhVkyoMKHW1cA5MQyCkIHDAA&usg=AFQjCNE-sATwVmRYosnm_bE-mM63hcvGeQ&sig2=MwB_cF5-2Evf_iakIGENWA

[riversedge]

7. Every time Sean in on the tube I shut him off. He is worse than Kelly, if that is posible.

[Grammy23]

8. He sets my teeth on edge....as much as Kellyanne.

And I have an uncontrollable urge to throw something at my almost brand new TV. So to save my sanity and my TV, I try to turn away whenever Sean is on and watch something more helpful....like the test pattern. Ooopppps, showing my age, eh?

[lark]

9. Oh, it's lots more than that!

It puts him at odds with all of Western Europe and lots of Eastern Europe as well. Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine have lots to fear from drumpf because he will not let the US honor our word and protect them from Russian aggression.

Here, it puts him at odds with every person who cares about the ideals of the country, freedom of speech, taking care of the unfortunate, freedom of association, freedom to have breathable air and drinkable water. These are all things drumpf disdains and he's found a pool of ignorance here that he exploited. Fools are so bad off, most still love him and excuse every bit of his criminality because they too hate women and minorities and LGBT folks.

Welcome to the 4th Reich, orange assface style.

[forgotmylogin]

10. Why do I get the feeling...

Trump will do more before he is sworn in than after?

Of course Putin isn't retaliating, cause he's guilty AF. He doesn't want to goof up the Prezlect's first month.

[Blue Idaho]

11. WTF are "action, success, and wins?"

Is this just more Trump bullshit double-speak and are they good for America or just good for the Trump crime syndicate?