Trump Softened GOP Platform on Russia

Natasha Bertrand has done a lot of reporting on the weirdly cozy relationship between Trump and the Kremlin. Appearing on Joy Reid's Sunday morning program (Jan. 13, 2019),  Bertrand told viewers  that when Trump's then national security
advisor, JD Gordon, heard the RNC was about to insert TOUGH
anti-Russian language in the GOP platform, he ''jumped'' from his seat
and ran to the front demanding that the item be ''tabled'' until he
could contact NY.

After Gordon checked with the Trump campaign, the language was softened. Both Trump and Gordon  have denied having anything to do with it. No one believes it.




Bertrand reported on the incident on March 3, 2017.

Diana Denman, the GOP delegate who proposed amending the
Ukraine platform to include the "lethal weapons" language, contradicted
Gordon's version of events in an interview with Business Insider in
January. She said Gordon and another Trump campaign representative asked
the cochairmen of the subcommittee to table the amendment after she
read it aloud. 

"Two men sitting over to the side of the room — I had no idea who they
were but later found out they were Trump representatives — jumped up and
tore over to get behind the three cochairmen," she said.

Gordon then left the room to make a phone call, Denman said. Equal
parts confused and angry over her proposal being scuttled, Denman said
she confronted Gordon about whom he was calling.

"I'm calling New York," Gordon replied, according to Denman.

"I work for Mr. Trump, and I have to clear it," she recalled him saying, apparently in reference to the amendment.

 

It went largely unnoticed by the rest of the media.













https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-gordon-trump-adviser-ukraine-rnc-2017-3

Pale Says Trump Is Putin Stooge

Pale makes a  VERY CONVINCING argument in support of the notion that Trump IS a Putin stooge!



6415   PM:   Palerider   [Quote]     -- 10:52am -- Thu, Apr 12, 18 pst

Palerider

In context, stooge would mean someone doing something to benefit Putin . . .



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Like attacking NATO; like relaxing anti-Russia sanctions; like DEFENDING Russia's meddling in our election; like SMEARING the FBI......



Yes, we see what Pale means.



''President
Trump said Friday Russia should be readmitted to the Group of Seven
industrialized nations, which the country was suspended from after its
invasion and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in 2014.''  



https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/trump-g7-russia/562391/



Like softening the stance against Russia in the GOP platform as Trump did at the convention in 2016, for instance. Yes, we see that, Pale.  Thanks for reminding us.



"2016 RNC Delegate: Trump Directed Change To Party Platform . . .[Softens Stand against Russia] "



https://goo.gl/e1j2sK



Or as Eric Boehlert Noted: "Bottom line: There will be no additional U.S. penalties against Russia in the wake of the chemical attacks. Once again, Trump caved to the Kremlin."



https://wp.me/p2XJeY-1azv 



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Pale tries to back-pedal.



1641   PM:   Palerider   [Quote]     -- 10:45am -- Thu, Oct 18, 18 pst

Palerider

See what I mean? The post doesn’t mention Trump and lays out no case or argument that

anyone, let alone Trump was a stooge.



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6415   PM:   Palerider   [Quote]     -- 10:52am -- Thu, Apr 12, 18 pst

Palerider

In context, stooge would mean someone doing something to benefit Putin . . .



You mean like rewriting history to JUSTIFY the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?



TRUMP: “The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They were right to be there.”



https://www.apnews.com/5ee14c2091e24f9c83bd1a7750fe7eb8





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Pale makes a  VERY CONVINCING argument in support of the notion that Trump IS a Putin stooge!

6415   PM:   Palerider   [Quote]     -- 10:52am -- Thu, Apr 12, 18 pst
Palerider
In context, stooge would mean someone doing something to benefit Putin . . .

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A similar view was published in today's Boston Globe:

"The evidence that Trump has acted as an agent of the Russians — either wittingly or unwittingly — is overwhelming.

We can start with the 2016 presidential campaign in which Trump not only refused to criticize Russia or Putin directly, but also openly and publicly asked for their assistance in finding Hillary Clinton’s missing e-mails. There is also the Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr., the dalliance with WikiLeaks, and the 101 contacts between Trump’s campaign team and individuals linked to Russia. But perhaps even more telling is Trump’s consistent refusal to acknowledge Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 election — which of course continues to this day."

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/01/15/donald-trump-has-been-compromised-russia/V66kiNZWtOE8T9UrfNYJwK/story.html

Putin and the GOP Platform

8369   PM:   Mistysea   [Quote]     -- 3:47pm -- Mon, Apr 2, 18 pst
Mistysea
Rats work underground in dark holes. They bury their actions to cover their tracks.