Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Trump and Putin in Helsinki

There is a ton of stuff on the news, all more or less echoing Friedman's point of view below.

A little time has passed, now, and we have all had time for reflection.

I would like to see an alternative point of view if there is one.  Friends who voted for Trump, if you're still with him, what are his strong points in foreign affairs?.  I'm not starting an argument, I'm tying to figure out how this curious world works.

Opinion | Trump and Putin vs. America - The New 
YorkTimes, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/
opinion/trump-and-putin-vs-america.html

Trump and Putin vs. America

Thomas L. Friedman
Opinion Columnist
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President Donald Trump with President Vladimir Putin during a joint 
news conference in Helsinki on Monday.CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times
From the beginning of his 
administration, President Trump has 
responded to every new bit of evidence 
from the C.I.A., F.B.I. and N.S.A. 
that Russia intervened in our last 
election on his behalf by either attacking Barack Obama or the Democrats for being too 
lax — never President Vladimir Putin of 
Russia for his unprecedented cyberhit 
on our democratic process. Such 
behavior by an American president is so
 perverse, so contrary to American 
interests and values, that it leads to only
one conclusion: Donald Trump is either 
an asset of Russian intelligence or really 
enjoys playing one on TV.
Everything that happened in Helsinki 
today only reinforces that conclusion. 
My fellow Americans, we are in trouble 
and we have some big decisions to 
make today. This was a historic moment
in the entire history of the United States.
There is overwhelming evidence that our president, for the first time in 
our history, is deliberately or through 
gross negligence or because of his own 
twisted personality engaged in 
treasonous behavior — behavior that 
violates his oath of office to “preserve, 
protect and defend the Constitution of 
the United States.”
Trump vacated that oath today, and Republicans can no longer run and hide 
from that fact. Every single Republican lawmaker will be — and should be — 
asked on the election trail: Are you with 
Trump and Putin or are you with the 
C.I.A., F.B.I. and N.S.A.?

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