Wonder if Trump just sucks up to Putin sometimes because it may irk China.
Trump’s world’s greatest salesman routine is wearing thin. He’s not convincing Putin to pull out of Crimea or the part of Ukraine it occupies anytime soon. This is basically Trump’s version of Dubya’s “I looked into his eyes and saw his soul”, after a meeting with Putin. McCain’s put-down of the experience is apt: “I looked into his eyes and saw three letters, a K, a G and a B”. He ain’t gonna persuade the Korean dwarf blimp to give up his nukes either. Or get Xi to stop sticking it to American companies voluntarily.
All this servility does is make him look weak. He’s been very hard-line on foreign policy vis-a-vis the country’s adversaries. He should take credit for it with Reagan-style rhetoric. Instead of “my very good friend Xi Jinping/Kim Jong-un/Vladimir Putin”, it should be “Mr. Xi/Kim/Putin, tear down this wall”, or whatever pablum his hired wordsmiths can summon up.
Just yesterday, Cocaine Mitch wanted everybody to wear face diapers.
I trust Putin and Russia more than McConnell and this Chinese held, Republican senate.
If Russia didn’t have nukes no one would care a fig.
Mcconnels chicom agent wife shouldn’t be permitted in the USA.
This is why Senators make lousy Presidents. Just how many nuclear powers would Mitch like to pick a fight with?
I sort of agree with Mitch on this
McConnell doesn’t have a say in it. For that matter Trump is only one voice out of seven so he doesn’t decide Russia’s admission either.
If sorted by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), the top 7 are China, U.S., India, Japan, Russia, Germany and Indonesia.
By "nominal" GDP it's U.S., China, Japan, Germany, India, UK and France; with Italy and Brazil #8 and #9.
Canada is not in either list, and their inclusion in the G7 is absurd.