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All it took for Trump to say "election meddling by Russia" was opportunity to blame Obama over it? (Original Post)
kpete
Jun 2017
OP
He is doing something! Helping Russia reopen those Russian "compounds" Obama shut down.
emulatorloo
Jun 2017
#4
So to get Donald to confess to the whole she-bang all we have to do is say "Obama"!
Madam45for2923
Jun 2017
#3
The question is: Trump, what are YOU, as POTUS, DOING NOW??????????!!!!!!!!!!! BFFLiar.
WinkyDink
Jun 2017
#6
shraby
(21,946 posts)1. Why isn't trump doing anything about it NOW? We have more elections coming up.
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)4. He is doing something! Helping Russia reopen those Russian "compounds" Obama shut down.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-moves-to-return-russian-compounds-in-maryland-and-new-york/2017/05/31/3c4778d2-4616-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html?utm_term=.ea55002f9b45
Trump administration moves to return Russian compounds in Maryland and New York
Former President Barack Obama shut down two diplomatic Russian compounds in late December 2016 as punishment for interference in the presidential election. The Trump administration is now moving toward returning these compounds back to the Russians. (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post)
By Karen DeYoung and Adam Entous May 31
The Trump administration is moving toward handing back to Russia two diplomatic compounds, near New York City and on Marylands Eastern Shore, that its officials were ejected from in late December as punishment for Moscows interference in the 2016 presidential election.
President Barack Obama said Dec. 29 that the compounds were being used by Russian personnel for intelligence-related purposes and gave Russia 24 hours to vacate them. Separately, Obama expelled from the United States what he said were 35 Russian intelligence operatives.
[The luxurious, 45-acre compound in Maryland being shut down for alleged Russian espionage]
In early May, the Trump administration told the Russians that it would consider turning the properties back over to them if Moscow would lift its freeze, imposed in 2014 in retaliation for U.S. sanctions related to Ukraine, on construction of a new U.S. consulate on a certain parcel of land in St. Petersburg.
Two days later, the U.S. position changed. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at a meeting in Washington that the United States had dropped any linkage between the compounds and the consulate, according to several people with knowledge of the exchanges.
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Trump administration moves to return Russian compounds in Maryland and New York
Former President Barack Obama shut down two diplomatic Russian compounds in late December 2016 as punishment for interference in the presidential election. The Trump administration is now moving toward returning these compounds back to the Russians. (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post)
By Karen DeYoung and Adam Entous May 31
The Trump administration is moving toward handing back to Russia two diplomatic compounds, near New York City and on Marylands Eastern Shore, that its officials were ejected from in late December as punishment for Moscows interference in the 2016 presidential election.
President Barack Obama said Dec. 29 that the compounds were being used by Russian personnel for intelligence-related purposes and gave Russia 24 hours to vacate them. Separately, Obama expelled from the United States what he said were 35 Russian intelligence operatives.
[The luxurious, 45-acre compound in Maryland being shut down for alleged Russian espionage]
In early May, the Trump administration told the Russians that it would consider turning the properties back over to them if Moscow would lift its freeze, imposed in 2014 in retaliation for U.S. sanctions related to Ukraine, on construction of a new U.S. consulate on a certain parcel of land in St. Petersburg.
Two days later, the U.S. position changed. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at a meeting in Washington that the United States had dropped any linkage between the compounds and the consulate, according to several people with knowledge of the exchanges.
More at link
spanone
(135,844 posts)2. okay trump. what are YOU going to do about it?
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)3. So to get Donald to confess to the whole she-bang all we have to do is say "Obama"!
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)5. When I saw his tweet this morning - I said "Hey he admitted to it"
just like he admitted to being under investigation via tweet.
Everything he tweets is being gathered by Mueller.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)6. The question is: Trump, what are YOU, as POTUS, DOING NOW??????????!!!!!!!!!!! BFFLiar.
And I don't mean "Best Friend Forever."