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spanone

(135,847 posts)
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:05 PM Apr 2017

up until sometime yesterday, donald trump was pro-assad remaining in power.

he didn't have a clue what assad had done in the past.

google could have told him a great deal, but that requires reading and retention skills.

what a 'leader'

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randome

(34,845 posts)
1. He still is. One puppet does not destroy another.
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:09 PM
Apr 2017

[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]

Johnny2X2X

(19,074 posts)
2. He won't do a thing
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:12 PM
Apr 2017

Assad buys arms from Putin directly, Trump won't do a thing to jeopardize Putin's business.

spanone

(135,847 posts)
4. i imagine putin could bring trump down in a heartbeat if he wanted....without firing a shot
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:13 PM
Apr 2017

you KNOW they kept tapes/videos...whatever of donald and his complicity

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
3. Tillerson spouted rhetoric that dramatically helped Assad and Putin.
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:13 PM
Apr 2017

Thanks to O'Donnell for making that clear.

spanone

(135,847 posts)
5. tillerson basically said 'we' were washing our hands of assad...
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:16 PM
Apr 2017

his quote: the "longer-term status of President [Bashar] Assad will be decided by the Syrian people."

http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mccain-rex-tillerson-syria-2017-4

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,185 posts)
6. I think now we know what happens when people met with him and insisted he was coming around.
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:31 PM
Apr 2017

Like when Al Gore met with him and described the meeting about global warming as productive, and then a couple days later Trump goes and appoints Scott Pruitt, a global warming denier, to head the EPA.

He'll say anything to get you off his back, whether he believes in what he's saying or not, and then goes back to doing whatever Donald Trump wants to do.

He's a simple minded conman.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
8. Trump had to say something sympathetic
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:58 PM
Apr 2017

he weasel will out of doing anything to assad...........why do you think Trump has taken the position to not disclose his military plans? watch he will bald faced lie about that as well.

Orrex

(63,216 posts)
10. He also called the chemical attack "an affront to humanity."
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 01:00 PM
Apr 2017

Which is a fucking joke, considering that he's spent many months dehumanizing refugees in general and Muslims in particular.

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