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Mme. Defarge

(8,034 posts) Mon Jun 29, 2020, 05:30 PM Jun 2020

Does this explain the recent purges at VOA?

BUSTED: Trump engaged in 3-week ‘flurry of communication’ with Putin this year – and the White House hid some of the calls
Published 4 hours ago on June 29, 2020 By David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement

“President Donald Trump engaged in an unprecedented – and previously unknown – “flurry of communication” with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a three-week period earlier this year, according to a sister-network of Voice of America.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/busted-trump-engaged-in-3-week-flurry-of-communication-with-putin-this-year-and-the-white-house-hid-some-of-the-calls/

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213673130

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Does this explain the recent purges at VOA? (Original Post) Mme. Defarge Jun 2020 OP

My thought exactly Joinfortmill Jun 2020 #1

It's hard to imagine that trump himself would give a shit about the VOA, Iterate Jun 2020 #2

I think the purge was to thwart news unflattering to Putin and Russia Baked Potato Jun 2020 #3

Joinfortmill

(14,436 posts)

1. My thought exactly

Reply to Mme. Defarge (Original post)

Mon Jun 29, 2020, 05:32 PM

Jun 2020

Iterate

(3,020 posts)

2. It's hard to imagine that trump himself would give a shit about the VOA,

Reply to Mme. Defarge (Original post)

Mon Jun 29, 2020, 05:47 PM

Jun 2020

or for that matter even know what it is.

We do know he has a donor who does care and a few at FOX might be irked by contrary coverage, but no one else with the visceral hatred as Putin, enough to demand it be hamstrung.

We could also imagine that there is no way in hell that trump would pass by the chance to brag about undermining it.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)

3. I think the purge was to thwart news unflattering to Putin and Russia

Reply to Mme. Defarge (Original post)

Mon Jun 29, 2020, 06:42 PM

Jun 2020

being broadcast to Europe. If the dam breaks, Russia may be implicated in a lot of bad things and Trump may be helping Vladdy by effectively censoring news. This recent tidbit about Afghanistan is one.

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