Russian lawmakers rush to the defense of Trump’s ex-national security adviser (Flynn)

[Phokus]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...ory.html?postshare=2231487066988526&tid=ss_tw

I want to know what bribes/blackmail is involved that the Trump team has such a cozy relationship to Russia. This is abnormal.

 

[senseamp]

Treason, at the very heart of GOP.

 

[IronWing]

Treason, at the very heart of GOP.

So what's new?

 

[MomentsofSanity]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...ory.html?postshare=2231487066988526&tid=ss_tw

I want to know what bribes/blackmail is involved that the Trump team has such a cozy relationship to Russia. This is abnormal.

It's been that way with everything. it's amazing how the Trump admin has been parroting the Russians and vice versa. Never seen anything like it before.

 

[senseamp]

Nothing, been going on since at least Iran hostage crisis.

 

[momeNt]

If you read what the lawmakers said, a lot of it holds true. Russiaphobia has taken hold in this administration, and unless they orchestrate these responses, and the intention all along was to use Flynn as a fall-guy to instill some future plausible deniability in all future conversations the Trump Administration has with Russia, then we are being irrational with our harsh response to Flynn.

Trump may be overplaying his hand by orchestrating this "event" to quash rumors of the cooperation with Russia, and dupe the public into thinking it was only with Flynn and now we're good. Or Trump is being dominated by the insinuations that he has too close of ties to Russia and is letting the public's opinion interfere with the running of his Administration.

Either way we are doomed.

Technically unrelated but is there a world that exists where Russia is our allies? Is that relationship repairable in a certain time frame?

 

[agent00f]

If you read what the lawmakers said, a lot of it holds true. Russiaphobia has taken hold in this administration, and unless they orchestrate these responses, and the intention all along was to use Flynn as a fall-guy to instill some future plausible deniability in all future conversations the Trump Administration has with Russia, then we are being irrational with our harsh response to Flynn.

Trump may be overplaying his hand by orchestrating this "event" to quash rumors of the cooperation with Russia, and dupe the public into thinking it was only with Flynn and now we're good. Or Trump is being dominated by the insinuations that he has too close of ties to Russia and is letting the public's opinion interfere with the running of his Administration.

Either way we are doomed.

Technically unrelated but is there a world that exists where Russia is our allies? Is that relationship repairable in a certain time frame?

It's pretty obvious Trump likes Putin given it's hardly a coincidence all these guys were chosen for their russian ties. It's simply an objective fact they knew about Flynn's calls all along, it's only timing of the media revelation which made Pence look like a complete idiot that forced them to do something.

Russian as a geopolitical competitor is never going to be an "ally", and it hardly helps their case that they're in part responsible for Trump. Given all the people and parties american conservatives are invariably on the same side of history with, you gotta say it's all pretty embarrassing.

 

[sdifox]

I would imagine this is just Putin capitalising what he can out of Flynn. Use all the tools you have to misinfo your opponent.