The Trump implosion thread!

Quote: Evenbob

He has a ton of experience dealing with other countries, especially Russia.

Quote: reno

I'm beginning to get the sense that Russia will get along great with the Trump Administration.

Quote: ams288

Putin = bad guy

It is amazing how righties like EB stand for absolutely nothing. They will praise Donald for abosolutely anything.

The Trump/Russia connections should send chills down every American's spine. Righties have their heads dug deep in Donald's large orange butt.

Quote: CNN

MITT ROMNEY: The agreement that the president [Obama] put in place with regards to nuclear weapons is one which I find very, very troubling already. The decision to withdraw our missile defense sites from Poland put us in greater jeopardy, in my view.

The actions [Obama] has taken so far, which he says are to reset relations with Russia have not worked out at all. Russia continues to support Syria. It supports Iran, has - has fought us with the crippling sanctions we wanted to have the world put in place against Iran.

Russia is not a friendly character on the world stage. And for this president to be looking for greater flexibility, where he doesn't have to answer to the American people in his relations with Russia, is very, very troubling, very alarming.

I am - I'm very, very concerned. I think the American people are going to feel the same way. This is a president who is telling us one thing and doing something else and is planning on doing something even more frightening.

CNN's WOLF BLITZER: Well, when you say even more frightening, what's he planning on doing, in your opinion?

ROMNEY: Well, my guess is it has to do either with - with nuclear arms discussions or it has to do with missile defense sites. What he did both on nuclear weaponry already in the - in the new START treaty, as well as his decision to withdraw missile defense sites from - from Poland and then reduce our missile defense sites in Alaska from the original plan, I mean these are very unfortunate developments. And if he's planning on doing more and suggests to Russia that - that he has things he's willing to do with them, he's not willing to tell the American people - this is to Russia, is, without question, our number one geopolitical foe. They - they fight every cause for the world's worst actors. The I - the idea that he has some more flexibility in mind for Russia is very, very troubling, indeed.

BLITZER: But you think Russia is a bigger foe right now than, let's say, Iran or China or North Korea? Is that - is that what you're suggesting, Governor?

ROMNEY: Well, I'm saying in terms of a geopolitical opponent, the nation that lines up with the world's worst actors. Of course, the greatest threat that the world faces is a nuclear Iran. A nuclear North Korea is already troubling enough.

But when these - these terrible actors pursue their course in the world and we go to the United Nations looking for ways to stop them, when - when Assad, for instance, is murdering his own people, we go - we go to the United Nations, and who is it that always stands up for the world's worst actors?

It is always Russia, typically with China alongside.

And - and so in terms of a geopolitical foe, a nation that's on the Security Council, that has the heft of the Security Council and is, of course, a - a massive nuclear power, Russia is the - the geopolitical foe and - and the - and they're - the idea that our president is - is planning on doing something with them that he's not willing to tell the American people before the election is something I find very, very alarming.

Quote: reno

Was Mitt Romney wrong then? Or has Putin transformed himself into a kinder gentler warm & cuddly comrade?

Quote: rxwine

Putin's not changed one bit.

Maybe some Republicans will eventually get their balls back and remember who Putin is.

Quote: ams288

Also: can anyone please explain why Donald is not partaking in daily intelligence briefings?! They say he's averaging only one briefing per week since he became PEOTUS.

Isn't his #1 job to keep us safe? Every other PEOTUS has gotten daily briefings for decades.

I'd love the righties to defend that one...