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Note To Putin: Trump Unleashes $400M For Ukrainian MilitaryBy PAUL MCLEARY
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is releasing almost $400 million worth of military assistance for Ukraine, unplugging the spigot of aid after weeks of speculation that the US might withhold the cash as part of a broad reassessment of American policy in confronting Russian aggression in Ukraine.
In announcing the $250 million package in June, DoD said the money would go toward items such as sniper rifles for Ukraines special operations forces, grenade launchers, counter-artillery radar systems, training centers, counter electronic warfare equipment, and items such as sonobuoys to detect Russian ship and submarine traffic to beef up the Ukrainian Navys Black Sea presence.
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/09/note-to-putin-trump-unleashes-400m-for-ukrainian-military/
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,718 posts)did a counter-hack? We're sitting ducks for anybody who wants to fuck with our elections because Fat Nixon doesn't want to admit that he got Russia's help. He'd be damn sorry if it went the other way. What, indeed, if Putin decides Orange Foolius isn't his BFF any more?
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)First, Teflon Don announces he plans to build a Trump tower in Moscow.
Then, Trump provides detail of the plan, which include Putin's friends financing to construction project that Don the Con expects to profit from, in numerous ways.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)Reports are that he has more than a billion safely secured outside of Russia. He wants power and authority and safety - doesnt need any more money.
Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)For one thing, Trump will have proven that he is above the law. So no matter what Putin might have on Trump would be useless. So maybe Putin decides to hang Trump out to dry and take his chances with the Democrats, knowing that any Democrat that gets elected will have to spend most of his/her first term repairing the damage Trump has inflicted.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,718 posts)if he doesn't think a Trump second term will benefit him. Putin is evil but he's not stupid.
Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)And if he has something embarrassing on Trump, it might get leaked late next summer. Who knows.
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)First, check out this old story from the South China Morning Post:
Donald Trump praises Xi Jinping over move to end term limit ... maybe well have to give that a shot someday
But Beijing says it doesnt want to export its governance model or ask other countries to follow its practices.
While the Communist Partys proposal to remove the limit of two five-year terms meaning Xi could stay in power indefinitely has sparked criticism and fears of a return to strongman politics, Trump said he was fine with the idea. He even suggested the United States could give that a shot someday.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2135590/donald-trump-praises-china-president-xi-extending
Donald Trump reveals he called Xi Jinping king and says Xi liked it
President Xi, who is a strong man, I call him king, Trump said in a wide-ranging speech at Tuesdays dinner. He said, But I am not king, I am president. I said, No, you are president for life, and therefore you are king. He said, Huh
huh. He liked that. I call him king. I get along with him great.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3004431/donald-trump-reveals-he-called-xi-jinping-king-and-xi-liked-it
Then, Teflon Don - the double-crossing wanna-be dictator for life - called President Xi "an enemy." According to another article from the government-controlled Chinese newspaper and numerous international media sources: