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The plan revealed: Trump and Putin scheme to carve up Europe


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2018 Jun 12, 4:11am   1,747 views  5 comments

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DONALD TRUMP IS DOING PUTIN'S WORK IN RUINING U.S. ALLIANCES, SAYS EX-ENVOY TO MOSCOW

President Donald Trump is outdoing the Kremlin in spoiling U.S. alliances around the world, a former envoy to Moscow has said ahead of a global summit with disgruntled foreign leaders.

Trump is set to attend the first G7 summit since his administration controversially imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and Washington’s closest allies in Europe, despite protest from the leaders of all involved and against the advice of U.S. senators from both parties. The move was one of the clearest signs yet that the Trump administration does not stand by commitments to U.S. partners made by generations of previous presidents.

One person who will be gleefully watching the deepening of a self-inflicted schism between the U.S. and its friends overseas is a man who is no longer invited to these summits—Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Washington’s ex-envoy to Moscow, Michael McFaul.

“Putin has to do nothing to undermine the alliances and international institutions that helped to advance American security and prosperity for the last several decades,” McFaul wrote on Twitter. “Trump is doing all the work for him.”

Heading into the summit, Trump has entered into a Twitter spat with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of host nation Canada and President Emmanuel Macron of France, as the latter warned that he risks “being isolated.”

Trump will apparently leave the summit early, mirroring Putin’s premature departure from the G20 in 2014, after a frosty reception from other leaders, opposed to his destabilizing actions in Ukraine. The Russian leader has also been excluded from the G8 ever since, hence why this week’s summit is a G7.

“I can’t remember a more tense run up to a G-7 summit, usually a moment for unity and demonstration of American leadership,” McFaul added on Twitter. “Am I forgetting some other difficult times in the G-7's history?”

The tariff dispute, which U.S. senators have said could result in a “trade war” between the U.S. and its allies, is the latest cause for conflict between the Trump administration on one side and Europe and Canada on the other.

Trump has already made good on his promise to pull out of a marquee, nuclear deal with Iran, brokered by his predecessor President Barack Obama with help from the E.U. Canada and U.S. allies in Europe have also vowed to uphold the Paris climate accord—an international agreement to curb carbon emissions, in which Trump also ended U.S. participation.

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-doing-putins-work-ruining-us-alliances-says-ex-envoy-moscow-966013

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1   🎂 Tenpoundbass   2018 Jun 12, 6:36am  

God I only hope so, the EU's time has come and gone, we can't trust the world with them and the NGO's they fully represent and allow to dictate world policy from behind the scenes. It would truly be a great marvelous thing if your misguided musings were true.
2   dinsd   2018 Jun 12, 12:00pm  

Scott Dworkin: "Any Republican who doesn’t immediately speak out against Trump’s advocacy for Russia, needs to resign immediately. They take an oath to protect this country. Being silent on Trump’s treason means they have forsaken that oath and this country. Speak up or you’re a traitor. Period..."
3   dcinsd   2018 Jun 12, 12:02pm  

Scott Dworkin: "Any Republican who doesn’t immediately speak out against Trump’s advocacy for Russia, needs to resign immediately. They take an oath to protect this country. Being silent on Trump’s treason means they have forsaken that oath and this country. Speak up or you’re a traitor. Period..."
4   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 Jun 12, 12:23pm  

MisterLefty says
President Donald Trump is outdoing the Kremlin in spoiling U.S. alliances around the world, a former envoy to Moscow has said ahead of a global summit with disgruntled foreign leaders.


IE Some Neolib/Neocon.

Pay up, Europe.

They'll always find an excuse to say it's never the time to reciprocate trade and contribute to NATO (and keeping oil flowing elsewhere).

Putting pressure on Europe to up their generally pitiful national defense contributions is a plus, not a minus, to security.
5   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 Jun 12, 12:24pm  

dinsd says
Scott Dworkin: "Any Republican who doesn’t immediately speak out against Trump’s advocacy for Russia, needs to resign immediately. They take an oath to protect this country. Being silent on Trump’s treason means they have forsaken that oath and this country. Speak up or you’re a traitor. Period..."


This Resist Ant thinks Tons of new sanctions, lethal aid for Ukraine, is some advocacy.

Reminder: Last Admin insisted on a reset button.

MisterLefty says
The plan revealed: Trump and Putin scheme to carve up Europe



Russia gets Sweden, though. But we get the Poles and Hungarians.

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