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They don't have to "pay to play" which should never happen in the first place, since our country is not for sale, well, not anymore with Trump at the helm.
In regards to commodity products, what happens when supply increases? Well, assuming demand doesn't increase as much as or greater than supply, it typically means a drop in price.
Russia's largest export is natural gas. When the global supply of oil increases, Russia makes less money on its largest export.
Trump is a "drill baby drill" guy who is relaxing regulations on drilling for such things as natural gas which would actually have a negative impact on Russia and the oligarchs.
So if Trump is Putin's puppet, wouldn't Trump be trying to reduce drilling in order to help the Russian economy?
Putin doesn't care about the Russian economy, he cares about the Putin economy.
Watch this video of Browders testimony, and you might get a better understanding of what Putin was trying to gain by having Trump elected.
The testimony also gives a pretty damning picture of the orphan meeting that Trump Jr had with the Ruskie lawyer, but you can ignore that part.
Your buffoon-in-charge did all he could do to undermine faith in US commitment to NATO. To Russia, in terms of realpolitik in Europe, that is worth an armored division or two.
NATO doesn't run our foreign policy. The Constitution does. Trump. in this instance, isn't the buffoon here. Our government needs to get out of NATO and then get out of nation building.
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1. Global leadership means what it sounds like: the US is frequently the lead nation in forming multi-national and global partnerships. NATO is a great example.
A great example for those who dont believe in the Constitution.
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2. Originally, we sanctioned Russia in response to Russia's arrest & assassination of a whistleblower. We also sanctioned Russia in response to its annexation of Crimea. Now we are looking at (and should) sanction Russia for its interference in our elections and those of our allies.
I wonder if Russia sanctioned us for that since we throw whistleblowers in prison and try to bankrupt them. If they did, we'd be sanctioned for hundreds of years.
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3. At least: sought to establish improper ties with members of the Trump family & Trump campaign, hacked Podesta's email account, and hacked the DNC's servers.
They didn't hack anything and you have no proof. Absolutely none what so ever. The only ones who tried to influence an election was the filthy left.
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4. Yes. We are not threatening military action, but we can and should confront Russia with diplomacy over Crimea, Ukraine, and the Baltics.
lol Diplomacy doesn't go with the word confront.
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5. Chaos is a goal, and Russian propaganda has been a part of undermining factual discourse.
Guess we can blame the Russians for this post huh?
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6. We have a President whose campaign had repeated, dubious connections to Russian interests. If you don't think that weakens the President, then I've got a bridge to sell you.
He doesn't have dubious connections to Russia. If you have any evidence prove it. Otherwise please limit your rumors and gossip to the tabloids where they belong.
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7. Corruption spreads easily. Russia has a deeply corrupt government/economic system. That corruption has already spread to the western world.
hahahaha Yes lets blame Russia for our long corrupt system.
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8. There are different kinds of political turmoil.
NATO doesn't run our foreign policy. The Constitution does.
NATO is the result of a treaty - it's actually right there in the name - and treaties are planned for in the Constitution.
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This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
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Our government needs to get out of NATO and then get out of nation building.
And there's the answer. That, right there, is Russia's benefit.
A great example for those who dont believe in the Constitution.
NATO is formed by a treaty duly entered into under the US Constitution.
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I wonder if Russia sanctioned us for that since we throw whistleblowers in prison and try to bankrupt them. If they did, we'd be sanctioned for hundreds of years.
Why the allergic reaction to criticizing Russian corruption?
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They didn't hack anything and you have no proof. Absolutely none what so ever. The only ones who tried to influence an election was the filthy left.
Guccifer 2.0 has been linked to Russian intelligence by US intelligence agencies & by cybersecurity industry experts. Guccifer 2.0 is the source of the DNC hack.
John Podesta's emails (and Colin Powell's) were hacked by Fancy Bear, who is also associated with Russian intelligence. Those emails were then shared with Wikileaks, who publicized them. Wikileaks has traveled a winding path, but are under increasing scrutiny for serving as a tool of Russian intelligence (witting or unwitting, one does not quite know). Russian hackers also penetrated state voter registration databases.
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lol Diplomacy doesn't go with the word confront.
Yes it does.
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Guess we can blame the Russians for this post huh?
Diversion is a weak tactic.
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He doesn't have dubious connections to Russia. If you have any evidence prove it. Otherwise please limit your rumors and gossip to the tabloids where they belong.
His own son published damning emails setting up a meeting with Russian agents to obtain damaging information about Hilary Clinton as part of a Russian government effort to help Trump's campaign. That meeting included the son, the son-in-law, and Manafort.
Both of his sons have explained that the family does a lot of business with Russia.
His campaign, advisors, and transition team have been littered with senior staffers with unusually close relationships to Russia, including: Mike Flynn, Paul Manafort, Sessions, Roger Stone, Carter Page, and Erik Prince are all publicly linked to both the Trump campaign & Russian elites and/or spies. Those would be an awful lot of coincidences to overlook.
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hahahaha Yes lets blame Russia for our long corrupt system.
Russian elites are engaged in a wholesale looting of the country's economy. They are successfully using the western financial & legal system to launder & protect their stolen wealth.
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