[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #530 America's Baby President

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 12:43 schreef Black_Baron het volgende:

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Trump moet zelf maar vertellen wat er besproken is. Daar ligt het probleem, bij Trump, niet bij de Russen.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 13:31 schreef AnneX het volgende:
Als de fake news journalisten al zó veel achterhaald hebben via sources.
Hoe kan het dan dat de belastingaangiften van de ‘Liar in Chief” nog niet achterhaald zijn?

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 13:40 schreef Sloggi het volgende:
Zou de CIA niet onderhand bezig zijn met een black op om van Trump af te komen?

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 13:42 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Niet met Mike Pompeo aan het roer.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 13:58 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 13:37:25 Really big jobs meeting today at the White House! 3 P.M. reageer retweet

Hij zal wel weer met iets als Infrastructure Week komen. *gaap*

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 08:49 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Daarbij opgemerkt dat Obama wél een aantal bipartisan politieke besluiten heeft kunnen ritselen met de republikeinen. Ik kan me voorstellen dat "de andere partij" sceptisch staat tegenover een voorstel van een zittende partij, maar de wantrouwen en polarisatie die de afgelopen 2 jaar door Trump is veroorzaakt zal het politieke beeld decennia lang beïnvloeden. De afgelopen jaren hebben de republikeinen het voortouw gehad (ook onder Obama) Het lijkt er op dat de schade die Trump heeft veroorzaakt bij de GOP moeilijk is te herstellen, Kiezers zien een machteloze partij die ondanks een meerderheid in huis en senaat én een zittende president eigenlijk niks meer kan doen dan aan de merkwaardige grollen van Trump toe te geven. Dan komt diezelfde kiezer snel op andere keuzes. Democratisch ofwel independent. Deze generatie GOP is reddeloos verloren omdat ze geen sturing hebben.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 10:06 schreef Refragmental het volgende:
"Alles waar ik het niet mee eens ben is een fox/rep/bla/etc talking point"

Is dit serieus het nieuwe linkse stokpaardje om maar niet te hoeven luisteren en met je handen over je oren lalalalalala te blijven roepen?

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 14:09 schreef Re het volgende:
https://www.scribd.com/do(...)-Manafort#from_embed

leuk lijstje met bewijzen tegen Manafort...

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 10:28 schreef Refragmental het volgende:
Dat er inmenging is geweest, geloof ik, zoals ik eerder heb gezegd.
Dat de DNC is gehackt door rusland, geloof ik dan weer niet. Intelligence community heeft geen toegang gehad tot de servers.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 14:40 schreef Sloggi het volgende:

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Of hij stuurt de complete intelligence community naar huis en neemt een sloot Russen aan om bij de FBI te komen werken. JOBS!

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 12:59:26 The Fake News Media wants so badly to see a major confrontation with Russia, even a confrontation that could lead to war. They are pushing so recklessly hard and hate the fact that I’ll probably have a good relationship with Putin. We are doing MUCH better than any other country! reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 15:15 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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RepAdamSchiff twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 15:14:12 BREAKING: @RepSwalwell and I just made a motion in House Intel Committee to subpoena the American interpreter during the summit — the only witness to Trump’s meeting with Putin. This is an extraordinary remedy, but Trump’s actions necessitate it.Republicans voted it down. reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 15:14 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 15:11:17 I told you so! The European Union just slapped a Five Billion Dollar fine on one of our great companies, Google. They truly have taken advantage of the U.S., but not for long! reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 15:14 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 15:11:17 I told you so! The European Union just slapped a Five Billion Dollar fine on one of our great companies, Google. They truly have taken advantage of the U.S., but not for long! reageer retweet

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tedlieu twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 14:56:10 In light of the recent disturbing actions by @realDonaldTrump and new information we have learned, the GOP @HouseJudiciary Committee this morning is going to hold a classified briefing on the investigation into ....Wait for it ....Coming now ....Hillary Clinton's emails. https://t.co/XrDIudzt40 reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 15:35:21 “Trump recognized Russian Meddling MANY TIMES” https://t.co/T8MERS93wI reageer retweet

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House Republicans plan to vote Thursday on a spending bill that excludes new money for election security grants to states, provoking a furious reaction from Democrats amid a national controversy over Russian election interference.

At issue is a grants program overseen by the federal Election Assistance Commission and aimed at helping states administer their elections and improve voting systems; Democrats want to continue grant funding through 2019, while Republicans say the program already has been fully funded.

Republicans argued strenuously in floor debate Wednesday that states had plenty of money from prior congressional allocations to spend on election improvements. But Democrats accused the Republicans of abetting President Trump in his refusal to take a hard line against Russian President Vladi­mir Putin at this week’s summit in Helsinki.

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Trump says looks forward to second Putin meeting

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed forces within the United States on Thursday for marring what they called the success of their first summit, with Trump saying he looked forward to their second meeting.

Trump, who has struggled to quiet a political uproar over his failure at Monday’s summit in Helsinki to confront Putin over Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, renewed his fierce criticism of one of his favorite targets, the news media.

The Republican president accused the media of distorting comments in which he gave credence to Putin’s denials of election interference despite the conclusions of the American intelligence community about Moscow’s conduct.

“The Summit with Russia was a great success, except with the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

“I look forward to our second meeting so that we can start implementing some of the many things discussed, including stopping terrorism, security for Israel, nuclear proliferation, cyber attacks, trade, Ukraine, Middle East peace, North Korea and more,” Trump said.

Trump drew a barrage of criticism in the United States, including from lawmakers in both parties, after he refused to blame Putin for the election meddling. Putin has denied such interference.

The Republican president later said he had misspoken and accused “some people” of hating the fact that he got along with Putin.

In Moscow, Putin accused forces in the United States of trying to undermine the success of his meeting with Trump, but said the two leaders had begun to improve U.S.-Russia ties anyway.

Putin, speaking to Russian diplomats from around the world, said the Helsinki summit had been successful.

“It was successful overall and led to some useful agreements. Of course, let’s see how events will develop further,” he said, without disclosing the nature of the agreements he referred to.

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the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 16:29 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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CBSNews twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 13:03:41 CBS NEWS POLL: Only a third of Americans approve of the way President Trump handled his summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin https://t.co/DPLkj9KuXg https://t.co/VBP4nS260w reageer retweet

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Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul on Thursday called it "lamentable" that the White House has refused to categorically reject a Russian government request to interrogate him and other Americans.

McFaul, the U.S. ambassador in Moscow under former President Barack Obama, is among the 11 Americans who the Kremlin has said it would like to interrogate in relation to financial crimes it says were committed by associates of Bill Browder, an American-born financier who has lobbied heavily against the Russian government...

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 16:44 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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CBSNews twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 13:03:41 CBS NEWS POLL: Only a third of Americans approve of the way President Trump handled his summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin https://t.co/DPLkj9KuXg https://t.co/VBP4nS260w reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 16:44 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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CBSNews twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 13:03:41 CBS NEWS POLL: Only a third of Americans approve of the way President Trump handled his summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin https://t.co/DPLkj9KuXg https://t.co/VBP4nS260w reageer retweet

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axios twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 13:14:22 NEW POLL: Republicans overwhelmingly back Trump's handling of press conference with Putin — 85% see election interference as a distraction.https://t.co/CeEtGM0EH1 reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 18:15 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:
Nog een poll ...

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axios twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 13:14:22 NEW POLL: Republicans overwhelmingly back Trump's handling of press conference with Putin — 85% see election interference as a distraction.https://t.co/CeEtGM0EH1 reageer retweet

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FiveThirtyEight twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 18:55:00 The over-under on the Supreme Court’s liberal minority cohort all continuing to draw breath is about five years. https://t.co/2GJw06MI51 https://t.co/DiBmaZcNCD reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 19:25 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:
Grafiekjesdag voor Appel.

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FiveThirtyEight twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 18:55:00 The over-under on the Supreme Court’s liberal minority cohort all continuing to draw breath is about five years. https://t.co/2GJw06MI51 https://t.co/DiBmaZcNCD reageer retweet

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Tikkeltje morbide wel.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 16:44 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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CBSNews twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 13:03:41 CBS NEWS POLL: Only a third of Americans approve of the way President Trump handled his summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin https://t.co/DPLkj9KuXg https://t.co/VBP4nS260w reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 20:04 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Wel opvallend dat ondanks dat Ginsburg en Breyer 6 jaar verschillen hun 50% punt maar 1 jaar verschilt. Tegelijk ook redelijk onvergeeflijk dat Ginsburg destijds onder Obama niet is afgezwaaid... op zich zou het natuurlijk zo moeten zijn dat het moment niet of nauwelijks uit zou moeten maken, maar met de huidige verdeeldheid en kleine marges wel een grove fout.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 16:03 schreef Hyperdude het volgende:
Laatste week samengevat in een liedje.

A VERY STABLE GENIUS - Randy Rainbow Song Parody

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 20:34 schreef Knipoogje het volgende:

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Yup, als Trump herkozen wordt zijn de democraten echt zwaar screwed. Dan wordt er naast zeker 2 superconservatieve scotussen ook nog eens tientallen extra conservatieve rechters in de lagere courts voor het leven benoemd. Het land wordt dan een soort Iran light, waar de progressieve meerderheid onderdrukt wordt door een minderheidsgroepering vol extreem religieuzen/conservatieven.

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CNBCnow twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 19:06:01 WATCH: President Trump lays into the Fed, telling CNBC that he's 'not thrilled' about interest rate hikes https://t.co/5JKBCYHe0g https://t.co/0AJjOX7NbK reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 21:33 schreef J.B. het volgende:

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Nu begint hij ook nog op Erdogan te lijken

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Putin Tells Diplomats He Made Trump a New Offer on Ukraine at Their Summit (Bloomberg)

Vladimir Putin told Russian diplomats that he made a proposal to Donald Trump at their summit this week to hold a referendum to help resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but agreed not to disclose the plan publicly so the U.S. president could consider it, according to two people who attended Putin’s closed-door speech on Thursday.

Details of what the two leaders discussed in their summit in Helsinki, Finland, remain scarce, with much of the description so far coming from Russia. While Putin portrayed the Ukraine offer as a sign he’s seeking to bring the four-year-old crisis to an end, a referendum is likely to be a hard sell with Ukraine and its backers in Europe, who remain committed to an 2015 European-brokered truce deal for the Donbas region, parts of which are controlled by Russian-backed separatists.

White House officials didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. If Putin’s account of Trump’s reaction is accurate, it would suggest a more flexible approach than the U.S. has shown to date on the issue. At the Helsinki meeting, Trump also agreed to consider a Putin request to question the former U.S. ambassador to Moscow over U.S. campaign-finance violations that critics say Trump should have dismissed outright.

Putin gave his latest account of the meeting during at a conference with top Russian ambassadors and officials at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing the president’s comments to the part of the session that was closed to the public. One of the people said that Trump had requested Putin not discuss the referendum idea at the press conference after the summit in order to give the U.S. leader time to mull it.

Referendum Proposal
Putin’s proposal would call for a vote conducted under international auspices by the residents of the separatist territories on their status, the people said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the details of what Putin said about Ukraine at the summit, saying only, “Some new ideas were discussed. They will be worked on.”

On Twitter Thursday, Trump called the summit “a great success” and cited Ukraine among the areas discussed, without providing details.

Putin’s proposal will alarm Ukrainian officials after Trump last week appeared to leave open the possibility of recognizing Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, which triggered the crisis that led to fighting in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Ukraine has offered the areas autonomy under its rule and backs the deployment of international peacekeepers in the region.

The U.S. and the European Union have repeatedly accused Russia of sending troops and weapons to support separatists in eastern Ukraine. Russia denies the charge, though Ukraine has captured a number of Russian soldiers and weaponry on its territory.

Putin pointed to a 2014 referendum, which wasn’t internationally recognized, that was held in Crimea to justify Russia’s annexation at his press conference with Trump after the summit in Helsinki on Monday. “We believe that we held a referendum in strict compliance with international law,” he said. “This case is closed for Russia.”

‘Farce’ Votes
Leaders of so-called rebel republics in Donetsk and Luhansk held referendums in May 2014 that declared independence. The votes were rejected as illegal by the U.S. and the European Union, while Ukraine called them a “farce.” Russia said at the time that it “respects” the votes, which showed as much as 96 percent support for breaking away from Ukraine.

Last year, Putin angered his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, by signing a decree recognizing passports and other documents issued by the separatist governments in Luhansk and Donetsk, which have already declared the ruble their official currency.

If a referendum was held in rebel areas of eastern Ukraine, “the result would be the same as in Crimea,” which voted to join Russia, Igor Plotnitsky, who was then leader of the self-declared Luhansk People’s Republic, told Russian state-run RIA Novosti news service in March last year.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 20:04 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Wel opvallend dat ondanks dat Ginsburg en Breyer 6 jaar verschillen hun 50% punt maar 1 jaar verschilt. Tegelijk ook redelijk onvergeeflijk dat Ginsburg destijds onder Obama niet is afgezwaaid... op zich zou het natuurlijk zo moeten zijn dat het moment niet of nauwelijks uit zou moeten maken, maar met de huidige verdeeldheid en kleine marges wel een grove fout.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 16:31 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Dit soort dingen blijven toch wel redelijk dubieus hoor.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 21:30:54 The final vote for the resolution: 98-0.Some of the text: "Expressing the sense of Congress against the making available of current and former diplomats, officials, and members of the Armed Forces of the United States for questioning by the government of Vladimir Putin." https://t.co/XkzxQh3xVS reageer retweet

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McFaul twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 21:26:01 98-0. Bipartisanship is not dead yet in the US Senate. Thank you all for your support. reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 21:43 schreef vipergts het volgende:

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Het is dieptriest dat zo'n belangrijke functie benoemd wordt voor het leven. Maximaal 2 termijnen van 8 jaar lijkt me redelijker.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 21:40 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Het blijft maar doorgaan...

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 22:11 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Deze ontmoeting heeft echt heel veel schade aangericht.
Mijn voorspelling voor de komende tijd:

Zodra men in het WH het ene brandje heeft gedoofd zegt Poetin iets wat besproken is (of zou zijn) en kan men weer gaan blussen.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 22:11 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Deze ontmoeting heeft echt heel veel schade aangericht.
Mijn voorspelling voor de komende tijd:

Zodra men in het WH het ene brandje heeft gedoofd zegt Poetin iets wat besproken is (of zou zijn) en kan men weer gaan blussen.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 22:18 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:

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In the white house.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 22:31 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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Whut!??!?!??!

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SethAbramson twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 22:30:41 I'm so excited! Putin is going to come to Washington this fall to PERSONALLY oversee the midterm elections his hackers are busy stealing for the Republicans! reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 22:33 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:

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Volgens deze tweet was dat ook Coats z'n reactie.

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 22:25:48 .@mitchellreports: "We have some breaking news. Vladimir Putin is coming to the White House in the fall."Dan Coats: "Say again?" reageer retweet

Putin komt kijken of de midterms wel naar z'n zin verlopen, denk ik.

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ABC twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 22:29:51 Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats informed on stage at Aspen Security Forum that the Trump administration has invited Vladimir Putin to the White House."Say that again," he responds. https://t.co/RBdhdILVas https://t.co/TZal1Xb4Yi reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 23:32 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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ABC twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 22:29:51 Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats informed on stage at Aspen Security Forum that the Trump administration has invited Vladimir Putin to the White House."Say that again," he responds. https://t.co/RBdhdILVas https://t.co/TZal1Xb4Yi reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 22:35 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 22:39 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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SethAbramson twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 22:30:41 I'm so excited! Putin is going to come to Washington this fall to PERSONALLY oversee the midterm elections his hackers are busy stealing for the Republicans! reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 23:31 schreef Arcee het volgende:
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Dit was achteraf wel spot on van Hillary.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 23:43 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:

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Ja ik zie ook speculaties dat het daar om draait, Trump wil z'n piemel op tafel gooien. De parade is begin november, we zullen gauw genoeg merken of dat samenvalt met Putins bezoek.

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ABC twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 21:12:27 LIVE: Pres. Trump hosts event promoting job training amid continued fallout from Helsinki summit. https://t.co/Xji00l0g8L reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 23:47 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Mooi ook hoe Trump gewoon lekker door gaat ondanks alle controverse.

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ABC twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 21:12:27 LIVE: Pres. Trump hosts event promoting job training amid continued fallout from Helsinki summit. https://t.co/Xji00l0g8L reageer retweet

Allemaal even klappen om de flauwe grapjes over The Apprentice en werkende vrouwen.

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alaynatreene twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 23:11:59 Sources close to Trump tell @jonathanvswan that they're already speculating about whether Trump ends up firing Coats. Per a source with knowledge, Trump has never had much affection for Coats, and this interview with @mitchellreports won't help https://t.co/Td9HRvwtys reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 23:58 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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alaynatreene twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 23:11:59 Sources close to Trump tell @jonathanvswan that they're already speculating about whether Trump ends up firing Coats. Per a source with knowledge, Trump has never had much affection for Coats, and this interview with @mitchellreports won't help https://t.co/Td9HRvwtys reageer retweet

Kwestie van aftellen dus tot Trump Coats ontslaat.

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Op vrijdag 20 juli 2018 00:10 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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En terecht.

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Op vrijdag 20 juli 2018 00:10 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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En terecht.

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Op vrijdag 20 juli 2018 00:26 schreef Szura het volgende:
Als Coats zelfrespect had was ie allang opgestapt na die persconferentie in Helsinki.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 23:31 schreef Arcee het volgende:
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Dit was achteraf wel spot on van Hillary.

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RVAwonk twitterde op vrijdag 20-07-2018 om 02:04:14 wow. Per @bpolitics, Putin told Russian diplomats he & Trump discussed the possibility of holding a referendum in Russian separatist-controlled Eastern Ukraine (which would be used to justify Russia's illegal invasion), but Trump asked him not to disclose the plan publicly. https://t.co/luG9hQW9al reageer retweet

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Putin Tells Diplomats He Made Trump a New Offer on Ukraine at Their Summit

Vladimir Putin told Russian diplomats that he made a proposal to Donald Trump at their summit this week to hold a referendum to help resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but agreed not to disclose the plan publicly so the U.S. president could consider it, according to two people who attended Putin’s closed-door speech on Thursday.

Details of what the two leaders discussed in their summit in Helsinki, Finland, remain scarce, with much of the description so far coming from Russia. While Putin portrayed the Ukraine offer as a sign he’s seeking to bring the four-year-old crisis to an end, a referendum is likely to be a hard sell with Ukraine and its backers in Europe, who remain committed to an 2015 European-brokered truce deal for the Donbas region, parts of which are controlled by Russian-backed separatists.

White House officials didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. If Putin’s account of Trump’s reaction is accurate, it would suggest a more flexible approach than the U.S. has shown to date on the issue. At the Helsinki meeting, Trump also agreed to consider a Putin request to question the former U.S. ambassador to Moscow over U.S. campaign-finance violations that critics say Trump should have dismissed outright.

Putin gave his latest account of the meeting during at a conference with top Russian ambassadors and officials at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing the president’s comments to the part of the session that was closed to the public. One of the people said that Trump had requested Putin not discuss the referendum idea at the press conference after the summit in order to give the U.S. leader time to mull it.

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 20-07-2018 om 02:52:22 PS/ I'd be very interested to know how close to the terms of the so-called "Artemenko Peace Deal" what Putin proposed was, as I maintain that Cohen *did* deliver that envelope to Flynn, and Flynn to Trump, in January 2017. So this may have been a *continuation* of a negotiation. reageer retweet

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A week before Michael T. Flynn resigned as national security adviser, a sealed proposal was hand-delivered to his office, outlining a way for President Trump to lift sanctions against Russia.

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 20-07-2018 om 03:32:09 (THREAD) Bud McFarlane (left)—an Iran-Contra criminal also investigated in '09 for his secret communications with another U.S. foe, Sudan—will become a player in the Russia investigation due to the arrest of Maria Butina. Read this thread to learn why. I hope you'll pass this on. https://t.co/3loOeanIvw reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 20-07-2018 om 04:16:54 CONCLUSION/ Flynn would likely have already told Mueller about McFarlane's backroom lobbying efforts—but it's less clear whether Flynn knew that McFarlane *may* have been a co-conspirator with Erickson and Butina to install McFarland. He'll be questioned—or already has been. /end reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 23:58 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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alaynatreene twitterde op donderdag 19-07-2018 om 23:11:59 Sources close to Trump tell @jonathanvswan that they're already speculating about whether Trump ends up firing Coats. Per a source with knowledge, Trump has never had much affection for Coats, and this interview with @mitchellreports won't help https://t.co/Td9HRvwtys reageer retweet

Kwestie van aftellen dus tot Trump Coats ontslaat.

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Inside the White House, Trump’s advisers were in an uproar over Coats’s interview in Aspen, Colo. They said the optics were especially damaging, noting that at moments Coats appeared to be laughing at the president, playing to his audience of the intellectual elite in a manner that was sure to infuriate Trump.

“Coats has gone rogue,” said one senior White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide a candid assessment.

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Russia announces new nuclear weapons tests days after Trump-Putin summit

Russia is reportedly testing a range of new nuclear weapons and other military hardware including a high-powered laser, just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with President Trump for a one-on-one summit in Finland.

The Associated Press reported on Thursday that Russia had tested weapons that range from the laser weapon system to a nuclear-powered cruise missile. The cruise missile is reported to have "unlimited" range.

On Thursday, the country's Defense Ministry reportedly said that it had tested the Burevestnik cruise missile and is now preparing it for a flight test.
"The program of the system’s pop-up tests has been completed with the positive results, which makes it possible to switch to preparations for the flight trials of the Sarmat missile complex," the Defense Ministry said, according to Tass, a Russian news agency.

The AP also notes that military officials in Russia said the country is practicing how to utilize a Peresvet high-powered laser weapon system. It is also practicing trials of the Poseidon underwater nuclear drone.

The development comes after Trump and Putin concluded a high-stakes summit in Helsinki on Monday.

Trump has faced bipartisan criticism over his refusal to denounce Russia for interfering in the 2016 presidential election.

But Trump and the White House have sought to walk back his remarks appearing to accept Putin's denial. Trump told reporters that he misspoke, and added in a Wednesday interview with CBS that he holds Putin responsible.

Trump added Thursday that he wants to have a second meeting with Putin to implement things regarding topics they discussed, including nuclear proliferation.

"I look forward to our second meeting so that we can start implementing some of the many things discussed, including stopping terrorism, security for Israel, nuclear proliferation, cyber attacks, trade, Ukraine, Middle East peace, North Korea and more. There are many answers, some easy and some hard, to these problems...but they can ALL be solved!" Trump said on Twitter.

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Op donderdag 19 juli 2018 21:40 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Het blijft maar doorgaan...

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Op vrijdag 20 juli 2018 00:13 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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Ja, wie wil er nou een Director of National Intelligence die niet doet wat Poetin wil?

Je trolls beginnen een beetje slap te worden Nontex. Step up your game!