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Also, Putin has shapshifted into framing his economic talk into Trump's moronic framework. And he actually just gave an answer on oil and natural gas, saying that we are both major producers, and it's in no one's interest for the prices to plummet. It boggles me how we have ended up in a place where that doesn't make people go, "WTF?" Oil and natural gas power energy. If the prices come down, guess what? All things being equal, the prices all of us pay for stuff comes down and we can devote resources to things that enhance our standard of living even more. This idea that the purpose of "policy" is to protect your national businesses, at the expense of consumers, has it absolutely backward ass. All of us work to earn money to buy ourselves stuff. We don't work to make sure that any particular business can make the most money possible. I *want* energy costs to be 0, if it is possible. In a world of limited resources, it means we can devote resources to all kinds of stuff we can't even think about today, which might lift everyone's standards of living.

NOTE; Once again, a reporter unequivocally tried to ask Trump if he will confront Putin with the evidence we have of Russian dirty tricks, and if he will tell him there will be consequences if it happens again. Trump babbled about democratic servers and the FBI and Hilary's e-mails. And how all he could do is ask the question, and Putin denied it. But Putin had wonderful ideas. This is fucking disgraceful.

 

Putin is making a fool of him. And he's standing there HELPING him do it.

Reporter just asked Putin if he has compromising material on Trump or his family. Putin laughed.

 

Trump followed up by calling the FBI a disgrace.

I never thought I'd see anything like that. I am flabbergasted.