Rex Tillerson: Trump wants a 're-engagement process' with Russia
Source: Washington Examiner
by Meghana Kurup | Jun 6, 2017, 10:40 AM
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday President Trump has asked him to rebuild U.S. ties with Russia.
"The president's been clear to me: do not let what's happened over here in the political realm prevent you from the work that you need to do on this relationship," Tillerson said during a news conference in New Zealand.
Tillerson said Trump has "been quite clear" with him to make progress in the relationship with Russia, as the country is "an important global player."
"Today, our relationship with Russia are at a very low point and they've been deteriorating," he said. "The president asked me to begin a re-engagement process with Russia to see if we can first stabilize that relationship so that it does not deteriorate further, and then can we identify areas of mutual interest where perhaps we can begin to rebuild some level of trust, some level of confidence that there are areas where we can work together."
Read more: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rex-tillerson-trump-wants-a-re-engagement-process-with-russia/article/2625058
SHRED
(28,136 posts)...he does owe them after all.
truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)Any other clues?
bucolic_frolic
(43,188 posts)They're getting married ... again?
MGKrebs
(8,138 posts)Kittycow
(2,396 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Freethinker65
(10,024 posts)from which he and his appointees intend to profit.
magicarpet
(14,155 posts)..... should things get too hot for tr-dump. Like the Assange/Ecuadorian embassy 10 year hide me stay.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)of oil reserves...big bucks for Putin, trump, Exxon and Goldman Sachs...
George II
(67,782 posts)lark
(23,105 posts)He wants Rex to make nice with Russia so maybe Putin will calm down about his failure to pay up and remove sanctions as promised. Putin is pleased with Drumpf for taking the first steps to destroy our country's relationship with NATO. He knows this is step one in their plan to destroy NATO so Russia can take over much of Europe/Asia with no effective retaliation.
Drumpf is mistaken, Pootie will demand that he remove sanctions now, and I'd like to see him try to do that in the middle of this investigation. He's showing his hand by personally and single handedly doing his best to destroy any and all ties Europe has with us. He wants to use Donald to destroy the free world, including the US, so Russia can be the pre-eminent power.
winstars
(4,220 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)sandensea
(21,639 posts)How could he be 're-engaged' to someone he's been married to for years - and WHAT a marriage. More like one of those child marriages you see in India really.
Igel
(35,320 posts)Not just futility.
This one'll be the same. We haven't had a reasonable Russia policy since Clinton, and that's only because it was pre-Putin.