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But he was in the Virgin Islands once. He met a girl. They ate lobster, drank Piña Coladas. And at sunset, they made love like sea otters.

 

Trump legal team says the meeting might've been a Russian setup. As Matt Yglesias said, "the classic Marion Barry 'bitch set me up' defense."

 

Well, duh. Walk in and meet Putin and his foreign minister, both of whom have decades of experience at high level diplomatic talks. Leave your national security advisor and your Russia expert out of the room. Do it with two businessmen who don't know the ropes. Guess what is gonna to happen?

 

That's not a set-up. It's something a competent president should be able to handle.

 

An Australian hasn't cut this deep since Paul Hogan put away his Bowie knoife.

 

America hasn't had anything resembling a "Russia expert" since, well, ever.***


*** Other than the minor advisory role Stephen Cohen played a while for Bush41.

 

"The tight arrangement — known to be favored by Putin, who likes to keep meetings intimate — cuts out the White House officials with significant government experience. Putin has spent his life on the public payroll, first as a KGB officer, later as the preeminent leader of Russia for the past 17 years. Lavrov is a veteran and wily diplomat, known for twisting his opponents into knots. Both have haggled with dozens, maybe hundreds, of world leaders.

Neither Trump nor Tillerson, meanwhile, held public office or engaged in diplomacy until January. In previous administrations, such meetings, particularly first encounters, would more typically be bolstered with the national security adviser and the relevant strategist on the National Security Council.

Trump's national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, has spent his career as a decorated Army officer and strategist. Fiona Hill, Trump’s Russia adviser, wrote a biography of Putin and has spent decades researching the Kremlin. She also was national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council under President George W. Bush."

 

Russia-Hating Regime Change Specialist Joins National Security Council

Stephen Cohen she ain't. Keep that idiot at arm's length, please.

 

Francis takes off the gloves on Fucko. "A distorted image of the world."

Pope warns of 'dangerous alliances' against migrants | Daily Mail Online

 

Ahh, finally, the authentic Time cover ...

 

This is what actual conservatives make of the situation. They just refuse to admit it in America because laundry

 

Another ringing endorsement ...