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Top U.S. officials tell the world to ignore Trump’s tweets
Washington Post ^ | February 18, 2018 | Michael Birnbaum, Griff Witte

Posted on 02/18/2018 11:50:16 AM PST by Pinkbell

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To sum it up, a German diplomat compared Trump to Hitler (anonymously of course). Then we have McMaster:

Testing those lines, McMaster offered a starkly different view of the world from his own boss, saying that the “evidence is now incontrovertible” that Russia intervened in the U.S. political system. Trump has downplayed Russian involvement, saying that he believes the reassurances of Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Kremlin was not involved in the election.

McMaster even walked back some of his own previous tough language. Asked about a Wall Street Journal op-ed he co-authored with White House economic adviser Gary Cohn last year that said they embraced a world that was “an arena where nations, nongovernmental actors and businesses engage and compete for advantage,” McMaster said it was actually a call for greater cooperation among Western powers.

McMaster never was compatible with Trump's worldview - he's as establishment as can be and purged the NSC of pro-Trump people. Jack Posobiec says he has sources that say McMaster is out. I'll believe it when it happens.

Then:

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats took a similarly reassuring stance hours later.

Oh good, another person not representing the man who appointed him.

Trump picked these people, though. When you pick the establishment, you get the establishment. Trump's picks for various positions have not aligned with his platform. He needed more people who supported what he ran on.

Anyway, the article ends with an appearance by Lindsey Graham who says he only wants NATO nations to meet their 2% goal so Trump will shut up about it.

SMH

1 posted on 02/18/2018 11:50:17 AM PST by Pinkbell
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The swamp is both deep and infectious. What losers.


2 posted on 02/18/2018 11:52:13 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Pinkbell

Well, most of the nation ignores the Washington Post, so no big deal here right?


3 posted on 02/18/2018 11:52:57 AM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: Pinkbell

I wish there were a way to stop Jeff Bezos in his tracks. Does Amazon pay taxes?


4 posted on 02/18/2018 11:53:01 AM PST by madprof98
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The establishment hates the Trump tweets because now he can communicate directly to the American people with no filters. This is really unprecedented and the establishment simply does not know how to handle it other then feigning horror and disgust.
5 posted on 02/18/2018 11:54:35 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Pinkbell

[The Washington Post.]

Were they ever relevant?

The liberals DO NOT like having the people awakened to any TRUTH that offsets their lies and propaganda. /Captain Obvious

And that includes RINO and Dummycrats.


6 posted on 02/18/2018 11:55:19 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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When these anti-Trump fools takeover again, they are going to have to draft women to get together a big enough military to fight the wars they want to start.


7 posted on 02/18/2018 11:56:02 AM PST by donna (Old public service announcement: It's 10pm. Do you know where your children are?)
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meh

Pearl clutchers from the msm trying to keep from evacuating their bowls


8 posted on 02/18/2018 11:57:27 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: madprof98

No Amazon paid no taxes.


9 posted on 02/18/2018 11:57:43 AM PST by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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We have top men working on it right now.
Who?
Top … men.
10 posted on 02/18/2018 11:58:34 AM PST by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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When the anti-Trump fools takeover again the next war will be here, at home.


11 posted on 02/18/2018 11:58:44 AM PST by JonPreston
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Patriotic Americans on the other hand tell the world to ignore the Delusional Lying Leftist Media like idiotic poo that comes from WaPo.


12 posted on 02/18/2018 11:59:01 AM PST by Jim W N
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Here’s a good rule of thumb:

Don’t ignore the tweets from THE PRESIDENT.

Cheech!!!!!!!!


13 posted on 02/18/2018 11:59:05 AM PST by Maris Crane (`)
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$50 Griff and Michael spoon.


14 posted on 02/18/2018 11:59:34 AM PST by Eddie01
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I wish there were a way to stop Jeff Bezos in his tracks.

File Federal Anti-Trust lawsuits.

15 posted on 02/18/2018 12:00:01 PM PST by TTFlyer
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I absolutely love Trumps tweets. I don’t like Mc Masterbater at all. I wish Trump could find a good replacement for him. So all the “weathervane” politicians that don’t like Trump’s tweets can kiss my a$$.


16 posted on 02/18/2018 12:00:53 PM PST by davidb56
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You know, the funny and interesting thing to consider is that is why FDR created his “Fireside Chats” over the radio as the American public got to hear his words straight from him personally. FDR apparently was fed up with how the media back then misrepresented or distorted what he had to say. We here might disagree with a great many things that that President did, but it is interesting to see the parallel.


17 posted on 02/18/2018 12:01:27 PM PST by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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McMaster’s little Euro ass kissing stunt in Munich is going to cost him. Big time. POTUS is clearly not happy.


18 posted on 02/18/2018 12:02:06 PM PST by lodi90
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Europe’s foreign policy elite? What successful elite decisions have they made? They have no way to enforce or back their policy because they lack military power. Their foreign and domestic policies have seen their nations overrun with retrograde Islamic scum.


19 posted on 02/18/2018 12:02:13 PM PST by relictele
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Oh and P.S. Get rid of McMaster, ASAP.


20 posted on 02/18/2018 12:03:23 PM PST by TTFlyer
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