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Donald Trump: Putin has eaten Obamas lunch, therefore our lunch, for a long period of time
Mar 13, 2014
Eun Kyung Kim: TODAY SHOW (NBC)
Donald Trump slammed President Obama Thursday on TODAY for failing to take a stronger line against President Vladimir Putin in dealing with Ukraine, saying he feared Obama would now make up for lost time with imprudent moves to show his manhood.
The real estate mogul and reality-TV star, who has criticized Putin for sending military troops into Crimea, said Obama must now take fierce steps to prevent the situation from escalating further.
We should definitely do sanctions and we have to show some strengths. I mean, Putin has eaten Obamas lunch, therefore our lunch, for a long period of time, Trump said. ...
http://www.today.com/news/donald-trump-putin-has-eaten-obamas-lunch-ukraine-2D79372098
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Heres the interview w/ Matt Lauer on YouTube...
Donald Trump (2014): Vladimir Putin Has Eaten Obamas Lunch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzURUENf1ns
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Trump, in Warsaw Speech, Criticizes Russias Destabilizing Role in Ukraine, Syria
The president also reaffirmed his commitment to NATOs mutual-defense pactJul 6, 2017
President Trump called Russia a destabilizing influence in Europe and the Middle East, and urged it to join the community of responsible nations, in his strongest remarks yet against the regime of Vladimir Putin, whom he is scheduled to meet Friday in Hamburg for the first time.
His remarks in Warsaws Krasinski Square, which marks the 1944 Warsaw uprising against the Nazis, came after the U.S. agreed to sell Patriot missiles to Poland. The president also used the opportunity to reiterate the NATO commitment to mutual defense, a declaration he did not make during the NATO summit in May, prompting consternation among U.S. allies wary of Russias ambitions.
To those who would criticize our tough stance, I would point out that the United States has demonstratednot merely with its words but with its actionsthat we stand firmly behind Article 5, the mutual-defense commitment, Trump said Thursday. Words are easy, but actions are what matters. And for its own protection, Europe, and you know this, everybody knows this, everybody has to know this, Europe must do more.
Trump has repeatedly said NATO members must spend more on defensea position in line with past U.S. administrations. But he has been criticized because he appeared to suggest U.S. commitment to mutual defense was predicated on its allies defense spending. ...
https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/07/trump-russia/532761/
2 posted on
07/18/2018 2:35:27 PM PDT by
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Vice President Pence on Russia:
(from the VP debate on Oct 5, 2016)
-snip-
What were dealing with is the you know, theres an old proverb that says the Russian bear never dies, it just hibernates.
And the truth of the matter is, the weak and feckless foreign policy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has awakened an aggression in Russia that first appeared a few years ago with their move in Georgia, now their move into Crimea, now their move into the wider Middle East.
3 posted on
07/18/2018 2:35:55 PM PDT by
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4 posted on
07/18/2018 2:38:49 PM PDT by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Sen. DAmato Drops Bomb: Hillary Allowed Russia to Take Ownership of US Uranium to Sell to Iran
Jim Hoft
Jul 3rd, 2016
Former Senator Al DAmato (R-NY) dropped a bomb on Sunday Morning Futures this AM. DAmato told Maria Bartiromo that Hillary allowed Russia to take ownership of US uranium so they could sell it to Iran.
Hillary made it possible for the Russians to take control of one of our huge uranium producers and allow them to own the company, export the uranium and who do they sell the uranium to? Iran!
Now if people knew that and that the foundation as a result of that got $135 million. I think people would start saying, What?
Its true.
In January 2013, Pravda celebrated the Russian atomic energy agencys purchase of the company Uranium One in Canada.
That same company, Uranium One, owned uranium concessions in the United States. Because uranium is a strategically important commodity, the Russians would need approval from the Obama administration, including Hillarys State Department, before the purchase took place.
Nine shareholders in Uranium One just happened to provide more than $145 million in donations to the Clinton Foundation in the run-up to State Department approval.
The Clintons took the cash from Uranium One officials before the deal was approved by Hillary Clintons State Department. The Clintons hid the donations which is a clear violation of the Memorandum of Understanding Hillary Clinton signed with the Obama administration wherein she promised and agreed to publicly disclose all donations during her tenure as Secreatary of State. (Via Breitbart)
The New York Times reported on the crooked deal in 2015.
As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium Ones chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.
And then theres this...
Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) told Greta Van Susteren the deal Hillary approved gave Putin ownership of 20 percent of US uranium and Russia sells uranium to unfriendly countries, including Iran.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/07/senator-damato-drops-bomb-hillary-allowed-russia-take-ownership-us-uranium-sell-iran-video/
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Obama allowing Iran to purchase uranium from Russia
Daniel Horowitz | January 10, 2017
Remember those side deals Obama forged with Iran that were not part of the text of the official treaty? Now we are finding out some of the details.
Yesterday, the Washington Free Beacon reported that Iranian officials confirmed they have received at least $10 billion in cash, commodities, and assets from Washington since 2013. And that is likely a conservative estimate.
But cash is not the only thing the Islamic Republic of Iran is receiving for gracing us with their willingness to sign onto our own capitulation.
The AP is reporting that Russia, with the support of President Obama, is shipping Iran 116 metric tons of natural uranium.
While Iranian officials have obviously declined to disclose the use of such uranium, AP notes that this is enough to enrich weapons-grade uranium for nuclear bombs:
Despite present restrictions on its enrichment program, however, the amount of natural uranium is significant should Iran decide to keep it in storage, considering its potential uses once some limits on Tehrans nuclear activities start to expire in less than a decade.
David Albright, whose Institute of Science and International Security often briefs U.S. lawmakers on Irans nuclear program, says the shipment could be enriched to enough weapons-grade uranium for more than 10 simple nuclear bombs, depending on the efficiency of the enrichment process and the design of the nuclear weapon. ...
See more at:
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2017/01/obama-allowing-iran-to-purchase-uranium-from-russia-will-tillerson-reverse-course#sthash.guYPvONI.dpuf
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5 posted on
07/18/2018 2:39:08 PM PDT by
ETL
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To: ETL
Did this Newt-wad just Tweet this two days ago?
Why yes. Yes he did. So do I have any desire to read any more of his crap?
Nope. No, I do not.
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White House goes on offense, slams DNC, Clintons for collusion
FoxNews.com ^ | July 12, 2017 | Brooke Singman
The White House has been grappling all week with revelations of a meeting the presidents eldest son held last year with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya, who was said to have dirt on Hillary Clinton as part of a Russian government effort to help the Trump campaign.
But Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders used Wednesdays off-camera briefing to highlight DNC and Clinton ties to foreign governments including Russia and Ukraine.
If were looking at Russia relationships with anybody, it would be directly with the Clintons, she said, citing examples of a speech former President Bill Clinton gave in Russia for which he reportedly earned over $500,000 and reports of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton selling what Sanders described as a third of the worlds uranium, to Russia.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
7 posted on
07/18/2018 2:40:02 PM PDT by
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Why did Newt panic and join in on the attacks on Trump?
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10 posted on
07/18/2018 2:42:42 PM PDT by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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March 2012...
"Obama was talking with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev when neither of them realized that their conversation was being picked up by microphones. Here is what they said:
Obama: "On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it's important for him to give me space."
Medvedev: "Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you ..."
Obama: "This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility."
Medvedev: "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir."
"This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility." That statement tells us much about the president's mindset.
The specific mention of missile defense is worrisome enough. Mr. Obama has retreated from the missile defense plan that was negotiated with European allies during the George W. Bush administration.
Apparently, he is signaling Moscow that he intends to retreat further. The clear implication from the president's comments is that he cannot tell the American people before the election what he plans to do after the election.
In addition, there is the phrase "on all these issues," implying more is at stake than just missile defense."
Article: Obama plans double cross on missile defense
When it comes to keeping America safe, we shouldn't be too flexible:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/29/obama-plans-double-cross-on-missile-defense/print/
11 posted on
07/18/2018 2:43:53 PM PDT by
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From Investor's Business Daily, Jan 2012:
Obama To Betray Missile Defense Secrets To Moscow
Investor's Business Daily ^ | January 9, 2012 | IBD staff Appeasement: From ObamaCare to recess appointments, honoring the Constitution has not been an administration hallmark. But when it comes to betraying secrets to mollify the Russians, it becomes a document the president hides behind.
It was bad enough that the 2012 defense authorization bill signed by President Obama set America on a downward spiral of military mediocrity.
He also issued a signing statement, something he once opposed, saying that language in the bill aimed at protecting top-secret technical data on the U.S. Standard Missile-3 - linchpin of our missile defense - might impinge on his constitutional foreign-policy authority.
Section 1227 of the defense law prohibits spending any funds that would be used to give Russian officials access to sensitive missile-defense technology as part of a cooperation agreement without first sending Congress a report identifying the specific secrets, how they'd be used and steps to protect the data from compromise.
The president is required to certify that any technology shared will not be passed on to third parties such as China, North Korea or Iran, that the Russians will not use transferred secrets to develop countermeasures and that the Russians are reciprocating in sharing missile-defense technology. ..."
"In his signing statement, Obama said he would treat these legal restrictions as 'non-binding' and that 'my administration will also interpret and implement section 1244 (sic) in a manner that does not interfere with the president's constitutional authority to conduct foreign affairs and avoids the undue disclosure of sensitive diplomatic communications.'
Betraying our secrets is easy for a president who betrayed allies Poland and the Czech Republic to placate Moscow.
Poland was to host ground-based interceptors such as those we've deployed in California and Alaska, with missile-tracking radar deployed in the Czech Republic.
Obama pulled the plug when Moscow objected. Never mind, he said, we have a better approach: a four-phase plan that calls for using three versions of the Navy's Standard SM-3 interceptor missile that forms the backbone of its Aegis missile-defense system.
The fourth phase consists of a missile still on the drawing board scheduled for deployment by 2020, a version of the SM-3 called the Block IIB. It would intercept hostile missiles in the "early intercept" phase before an enemy missile could release its warheads and decoys. The Russians want the SM-3's secrets, and Obama appears to be willing to turn them over.
The president wants to save the New Start Treaty, which the Russians have threatened to abandon if we try to fully implement President Reagan's dream of defeating a nuclear missile attack.
Russia has unilaterally asserted that any qualitative or quantitative improvement in U.S. missile defenses would be grounds for withdrawal from the treaty.
Read More At Investor's Business Daily:
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/010912-597158-obama-gives-russia-missile-defense-secrets.htm#ixzz3jXmMbVwY
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07/18/2018 2:44:22 PM PDT by
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Not interested in anything this bandwagon riding failsauce guzzling asshat has to say about anything.
16 posted on
07/18/2018 2:48:32 PM PDT by
chris37
("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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“First, the very people who have been loudest in attacking President Trump about his performance at the Helsinki summit are the people who failed to protect America from Russian meddling in 2016. ...”
Does that include you Newt?
You were pretty loud in your denunciations of Trump yesterday, and completely silent on supposed Russian “meddling” in 2015/2016.
21 posted on
07/18/2018 2:52:12 PM PDT by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
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Talk to the hand, Newt.
23 posted on
07/18/2018 2:56:10 PM PDT by
Governor Dinwiddie
(MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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FUNG!
F your books.
F your appearances on TV.
F your comments on talk radio.
24 posted on
07/18/2018 2:56:54 PM PDT by
Eddie01
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Sometimes you don’t need a weathervane to know which way the wind is blowing.
26 posted on
07/18/2018 2:57:28 PM PDT by
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Also from this article...
“President Trumps summit Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki created a firestorm of controversy. President Trump seemed to be publicly siding with the Russian dictator against the American intelligence agencies.
The initial appearance was so bad that I tweeted: President Trump must clarify his statements in Helsinki on our intelligence system and Putin. It is the most serious mistake of his presidency and must be corrected immediately.
After flying home from Helsinki and reviewing the tape and transcript of his press conference with Putin, President Trump said he has full faith and support for Americas great intelligence agencies and that he accepts our intelligence communitys conclusion that Russias meddling in the 2016 election took place.
In his remarks to members of Congress Tuesday that were televised by the media, President Trump went on to admit that he realized he needed to clarify his statements in Helsinki.
The president said: It should have been obvious I thought it would be obvious but I would like to clarify, just in case it wasnt. In a key sentence in my remarks, I said the word would instead of wouldnt. The sentence should have been: I dont see any reason why I wouldnt or why it wouldnt be Russia. So just to repeat it, I said the word would instead of wouldnt ...
I have, on numerous occasions, noted our intelligence findings that Russians attempted to interfere in our elections. Unlike previous administrations, my administration has and will continue to move aggressively to repeal any efforts and repel we will stop it, we will repel it any efforts to interfere in our elections. Were doing everything in our power to prevent Russian interference in 2018.”
33 posted on
07/18/2018 3:10:09 PM PDT by
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My take on why Trump said what he did is that he recognizes that while pressure does need to be applied to Russia (and Trump has been doing that for a while), it is counterproductive to push so hard that we back Putin into a corner from which he may lash out, and in which he certainly wont be open to friendly discussion. If people would just listen to everything Trump said, and not just the one sentence or two that sent them into orbit, they would realize that hes playing a bit of good cop / bad cop here, and hoping to establish a cooperative relationship with Putin. Thats a good thing.
The rabid left is so obsessed with just opposing Trump at every turn that they are proposing measures be taken against Russia that would essentially leave them with nothing to lose. Thats not a good spot to put a country with a large nuclear arsenal into. The left sounds like they want to essentially shut down Russias economy and expel them completely from the community of nations. Russias economic situation is already so shaky, and their distrust of the West so deep, that to do what the left wants could realistically risk a world war. Turning Russia into a wounded animal just so that the left can score political points against Trump would be a disastrous mistake.
I think Trump is fully aware of this and is trying to walk a fine line between punishing Russia and working with them. Not to mention the fact that given the sedition perpetrated by leftist partisans in the intelligence agencies, DOJ, and FBI, I wouldnt trust them to provide a realistic assessment of anything at this moment either.
And finally, we have the fact that the Russians didnt hack the election. Im beyond sick of hearing that stupid phrase. All they appear to have done is mount an incredibly wimpy social media campaign which was the equivalent of adding one drop of water to the Pacific Ocean, and perhaps had something to do with acquiring emails from the DNC (though I still highly doubt they were involved). The hyperbolic reaction to those anemic actions is beyond absurd, particularly the pathetic way in which many so-called conservatives have joined the chorus.
35 posted on
07/18/2018 3:20:15 PM PDT by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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Newt has unfortunately proven himself a quisling at various critical points when we were needing patriots. Smart guy, but lacking in testicular fortitude when it really matters.
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ETL
What’s your opinion of PDJT establishing a detente with Russia?
39 posted on
07/18/2018 3:29:01 PM PDT by
Mariner
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