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OKIsItJustMe

(19,938 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:10 PM Jan 2017

Donald Trump '100% behind NATO' after Theresa May talks

Source: Sky News

Donald Trump '100% behind NATO' after Theresa May talks

Mr Trump assures the PM he is committed to NATO but they disagree on whether sanctions against Russia should be lifted.

23:06, UK, Friday 27 January 2017

By Faisal Islam, Political Editor, at the White House

Theresa May was able to declare Donald Trump "100% behind NATO" during his first meeting with a foreign leader since becoming President last week.

The Prime Minister's team are delighted their decision to fully engage with the new President has led to concrete results, reining in some of his radical rhetoric that had troubled many Western allies.



President Trump did, however, leave open the possibility that he will imminently lift some sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine. He is due to have a call with President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.

"We will see what happens," said Mr Trump. "We look to have a great relationship with all countries, ideally. That won't necessarily happen, unfortunately - probably won't happen with many countries.



Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-100-behind-nato-after-theresa-may-talks-10745459



Of course, tomorrow, the policy will change…
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Donald Trump '100% behind NATO' after Theresa May talks (Original Post) OKIsItJustMe Jan 2017 OP
OMG HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #1
His biographers say that he agrees with whoever he last spoke to. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #2
He'll love him some Pooty. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #15
Vladimir will call him tonight and he will pivot again tomorrow liberal N proud Jan 2017 #3
What a flake. C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #4
Oh oh,this is not going to set well with his Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #5
won't go well with Russians triron Jan 2017 #14
just like he 100% fer sher pays his contracted caterers 0rganism Jan 2017 #6
Trump will probably announce he is 5000% behind NATO. nt cstanleytech Jan 2017 #7
but will Teresa May change his mind? Blue_Adept Jan 2017 #8
Until he's not... Again... Blue Idaho Jan 2017 #9
And she believed him? bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #10
IMO, she visited to suss him out. The Europeans are aghast. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #16
Red Light! Green Light! TomCADem Jan 2017 #11
Schizophrenia. sarah FAILIN Jan 2017 #12
May is driving a wedge between Trumpy and Putin. Now it's Trumpy who's in deep shit. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #17
That won't necessarily happen, unfortunately - probably won't happen with many countries. Egnever Jan 2017 #13
He's just sucking up to her because of his golf course. lark Jan 2017 #18
Until, he's not. Hugin Jan 2017 #19
Yeh, but so what? His opinion changes every time someoe talks to him... JHB Jan 2017 #20
Just like his "concern" about global warming after meeting with Al Gore Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2017 #21
And now we have no functioning EPA. Hugin Jan 2017 #22
Excellent example. dalton99a Jan 2017 #23
Funny, but we used to lead NATO.... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #24
President Windsock. smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #25
All lies - time to make HE LIES front page headlines across our nation.... asiliveandbreathe Jan 2017 #26
Now he will end our involvement in NATO WhiteTara Jan 2017 #27

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,705 posts)
2. His biographers say that he agrees with whoever he last spoke to.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:14 PM
Jan 2017

After he talks to Putin he'll say something entirely different.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
15. He'll love him some Pooty.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 01:19 AM
Jan 2017

Over the phone, he'll hear the sound of a yearning, melancholy soul, longing for a friend. Oh, he'll immediately sympathize. Pooty will have him lost and teary-eyed. Trumpy will be transformed. Yes, right after the phone call, Trumpy will get on his Android and call Barron, just to ask him how his day is going. It will be the first time Trumpy talked with Barron in over a month. Melania will be shocked to know that Trumpy asked Barron to pass the phone to her, but Barron hung up for reasons unknown.

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
3. Vladimir will call him tonight and he will pivot again tomorrow
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:15 PM
Jan 2017

This idiot can't carry a thought more than 15 minutes.

0rganism

(23,955 posts)
6. just like he 100% fer sher pays his contracted caterers
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:21 PM
Jan 2017

and all those other juicy promises he make

i hope the other NATO governments are more circumspect about Trump's promises than our deranged electorate was

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
16. IMO, she visited to suss him out. The Europeans are aghast.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 01:43 AM
Jan 2017

She must know that he's batshit crazy. She's probably trying to calculate whether she should drag the UK's feet in exiting the EU. With Trumpy running his show, no one knows what he will actually do. But I'd imagine that the UK has its own dossier on Trumpy. They know about Steele's dossier and the increasing likelihood that it's got some truth to it. May is trying to figure out to what extent Putin owns Trumpy. She pushed Trumpy to at least SAY that he backs NATO. And we now know that Trumpy WANTS May to like him, so he folds. Now he at least sounds committed. But Trumpy also knows that the heat is on, and he can't bamboozle his way into lifting sanctions. Everyone's catching on. And that was May's message to Trumpy.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
17. May is driving a wedge between Trumpy and Putin. Now it's Trumpy who's in deep shit.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 01:53 AM
Jan 2017

It's because Putin has the goods on Trumpy, but Trumpy now has to display loyalty to London and the EU, and thusly, to NATO. In the timeline, which always tells a lot of the story, May visits Trumpy BEFORE Trumpy talks to Putin. That's a key part of the story, because May will be the last foreign leader with whom he speaks before he talks with Putin.

But remember that Putin doesn't like being disappointed. He put a lot of time and money into cultivating Trumpy, and won't like it one bit of Trumpy turns cold. So we can expect that Putin will start throwing hints of exposing parts of Steele's dossier. I know it sounds like a cheap novel, but Trumpy may be getting his balls squeezed. Another DU blog poster pasted a news item indicating that a person linked to the Steele dossier has been murdered in Russia under "mysterious circumstances."

lark

(23,102 posts)
18. He's just sucking up to her because of his golf course.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:07 AM
Jan 2017

It's a total lie. He'll do everything possible to destroy NATO because that's what his master, pootie, demands.

Hugin

(33,148 posts)
19. Until, he's not.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:13 AM
Jan 2017

Anyone check for crossed fingers? If it's not in (his) writing and signed by him, don't expect it to be followed to any degree. Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt are the currency of this game. Watch closely.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
20. Yeh, but so what? His opinion changes every time someoe talks to him...
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:34 AM
Jan 2017

...and his Vlad Fanclub inner circle talks to him a lot more than May.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
21. Just like his "concern" about global warming after meeting with Al Gore
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:36 AM
Jan 2017

And the very next day he appoints Scott Pruitt to the EPA who denies global warming and hates the EPA.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
26. All lies - time to make HE LIES front page headlines across our nation....
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 12:25 PM
Jan 2017

everyday, in every way! - Media needs to step it up -- everyday - RESIST...

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