Former officials: Trump seemed prepared to lift Russia sanctions 'in exchange for absolutely nothing

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Source: Business Insider

Former officials: Trump seemed prepared to lift Russia sanctions 'in exchange for absolutely nothing'
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-wanted-to-lift-russia-sanctions-days-after-taking-office-2017-6

Natasha Bertrand
Jun. 2, 2017, 2:46 PM

The Trump administration reportedly looked into lifting US sanctions on Russia just days after the president's inauguration, and one former official at the State Department said that if those efforts were successful, it would have given the Russians "exactly what they wanted in exchange for absolutely nothing."

One of those officials, Tom Malinowski, who stepped down as President Barack Obama's assistant secretary of state for human rights on January 19, corroborated those reports in an interview on Friday.
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Malinowski said on Friday that he was shocked to hear that the administration was considering "giving the Russians exactly what they wanted in exchange for absolutely nothing," echoing Fried's earlier claim on MSNBC that the administration seemed prepared to rescind sanctions "in exchange for, well, nothing,"

Malinowski said that during the campaign, he and his colleagues found Trump's comments "bizarre because there are obviously not a lot of votes to be gained by campaigning on a pro-Putin platform. So we didn't understand where that was coming from."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-wanted-to-lift-russia-sanctions-days-after-taking-office-2017-6

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Trump and Kushner will get loan

forgiveness,watch and see. It is after all,all about Donnie and the money.

[dalton99a]

2. Because he makes great deals

The best negotiator ever

[bigtime]

3. well it would have been in exchange for something

some shocking unexpected election result that had just happened

[randr]

4. Nothing my ass

He has been bailed out by the Russians and they put him in office--he owes them big time.

[KT2000]

7. +1

how could someone even say that - of course he has gotten and hopes to get more from the Russians.

[PdxSean]

26. Ya beat me to it.

Trump made one of the best personal deals of the century when he sold America out to Putin.

[Eyeball_Kid]

28. Bingo

[Phoenix61]

30. Exactly

When has Twitler ever given anyone anything for nothing.

[furtheradu]

5. K & R..& thanks!

Just..WOW.

[FarPoint]

6. Ahhhhh...

The exchange is just not public...law enforcement must find the payoff exchange....

[Doug the Dem]

8. Ah, the Tragedy of Unrequited Love

[sheshe2]

9. We...Americans get nothing

However, The Don Con family will benefit financially....it will be huge. The selling of America...a bookstores near you.

[Thinkingabout]

10. Trump would not know how to negotiate a deal to remove the sanctions, ergo, he is putin's puppet.

[onecaliberal]

11. It's not for nothing. Just nothing for America.

[sheshe2]

12. Don's love song to Putin.

You Are So Beautiful

You are so beautiful
To me
You are so beautiful
To me
Can't you see

You're everything I hope for
You're everything I need
You are so beautiful to me
You are so beautiful to me

[Jopin Klobe]

13. Nothing? ...

... Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight ...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Republican President tRump wanted to provide quid pro quo payback to Putin. Some, far from all. . nt

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Don't look at what the government or the U.S.A. got

look at what Trump got privately ... loans, election help

'Just keep the cash flowing while I sell off the country'

[Bradical79]

16. It was for services already rendered

Being the upstanding buisiness man he is, he was just trying to make good on a debt

[orleans]

17. it was out of the goodness of his heart because trump is a really nice guy

yeah, he's a big asshole and of course it was either for payback or a payoff in advance

[progree]

18. Well, that's good. Trump resisted pressure to pay reparations to Russia. What a deal maker!!

Gush Gush

[olddad56]

19. that is why Putin did the whole fake election, his two oil deals with Exxon total a trillion dollars

[olddad56]

20. that is why Tillerson is the Sec of State.

[TomCADem]

21. Wrong. It is in exchange for the election assist.

nt

[Sunlei]

25. IMO, that's how Republicans wanted to pay for the hacking services and Manaforts huge bill.

Russians have all the real estate and free 5th avenue apartments they need. Cash is king these days.

[Egnever]

31. Oh I think it is much deeper than that

I think he has had a relationship with Russian mobsters for years and years. I think they have been financing his ventures for at least a couple of decades.

[Maine-i-acs]

22. ROSNEFT Facrissakes

that's what he wants to do it for.
2.5 billion is the handout.
Enough to wipe out all his Russian debt and make him look like a millionaire again.

[JTFrog]

23. Nothing for the US, but plenty for Trump and Co. nt

[Sunlei]

24. Republicans let Manafort drop from the sky & delete part of THEIR candidates platform message.

Republicans do more "favors" for Russian "buddies" then they do for their own American citizens.

[Turbineguy]

27. Well, actually the Russians did get him elected.

think of it more as a "Thank You and Fuck You".

[joeybee12]

29. That's what you do when you're being blackmailed. Knr