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Trump brought up election interference to Putin, Tillerson says
- President Donald Trump brought up Russian election interference more than once in his meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says.
- They also spent significant time on Syria and the countries announced a cease-fire deal.
President Donald Trump brought up Russian election interference more than once in his meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says.
President Donald Trump opened Friday's two hour and 16 minute meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin by pressing him about Moscow's attempts to interfere in the 2016 election, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.
The pair spent much of their high-stakes, first bilateral meeting at the G-20 summit in Germany discussing the conflict in Syria and a cease-fire agreement that the countries announced Friday, Tillerson, who sat in on the meeting, said.Trump and Putin also addressed Russia's actions in Ukraine and fighting the terror group ISIS, according to accounts from both countries.The meeting — which was slated to take a half hour — lasted more than two hours.
The U.S. president reportedly came into the meeting, which featured Trump, Putin, Tillerson, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and translators, without a specific agenda.Trump started by "raising the concerns of the American people" over Russian meddling and "pressed" Putin on the issue "on more than one occasion," according to Tillerson. U.S. lawmakers had repeatedly called on Trump to directly confront Putin about the issue.They also spent significant time on Syria and the countries announced a cease-fire deal.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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Re: Trump brought up election interference to Putin, Tillerson says
Well, since Trump has repeatedly denied that there is proof of Russian meddling, and did so as recently as yesterday - trashing his own intelligence agencies in the process - the story does not seem credible. It seems ridiculous, in fact.
I'm sure that Donald was very polite,,,,,,,,,,
He's a lion with CNN, and a lap dog with dictators, after all.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Trump brought up election interference to Putin, Tillerson says
Stepping back and looking at this objectively, does anyone besides me think it's a bit odd that the president would trust and accept the word of an ex-KGB official and dictator of a foreign country over our own intelligence agencies?
Since it was brought up and pointed out a few times concerning some kind of cease fire agreement, I should point out that cease fire agreements last a couple of days in the Middle East. Good luck on that one.
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Re: Trump brought up election interference to Putin, Tillerson says
Just Fred wrote:
Stepping back and looking at this objectively, does anyone besides me think it's a bit odd that the president would trust and accept the word of an ex-KGB official and dictator of a foreign country over our own intelligence agencies?
Since it was brought up and pointed out a few times concerning some kind of cease fire agreement, I should point out that cease fire agreements last a couple of days in the Middle East. Good luck on that one.
It is beyond odd !
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