Trump, Merkel and Macron concerned about Putin's nuclear comments - White House

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Trump, Merkel and Macron concerned about Putin's nuclear comments - White House

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on an electronic screen during his annual state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump spoke in separate phone calls on Thursday with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders "shared their serious concerns" over Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments on his country's nuclear weapons, the White House said on Friday.

 

Trump also discussed the civil war in Syria with Macron and Merkel and they agreed the Syrian government, Iran and Russia should implement an immediate ceasefire, the White House statement said.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-03-03

[ilostmypassword]

But apparently Trump isn't as concerned about Putin's remarks as he is about Alec Baldwin's acting chops.

[buick]

is it possible for macron and merkel to discuss this issue with putin ?  i doubt trump is going to do anything on the topic (he's dealing with a quite a few issues right now !!!).

[ilostmypassword]

Just now, buick said:

is it possible for macron and merkel to discuss this issue with putin ?  i doubt trump is going to do anything on the topic (he's dealing with a quite a few issues right now !!!).

Trump definitely has issues.

[zaphod reborn]

Trump only was concerned that Putin's animation showed targeting of Florida, namely Mar-o-lago and Disneyland (aka WH fantasyland).  If it showed targeting of Silicon Valley, Trump would have commended Putin.

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, buick said:

is it possible for macron and merkel to discuss this issue with putin ?  i doubt trump is going to do anything on the topic (he's dealing with a quite a few issues right now !!!).

Doesn't help much. Putin is too busy to show how big button he has to his people. 

 

He would probably want the sanctions to be dropped, which are not going to be dropped before Russia ends the war it initiated in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. 

 

[IAMHERE]

Why is Putin making these statements now? He must be planning on taking over a country or portion of a country, in the very near future. Maybe going to invade the Ukraine. He is crafty and has some reason to tell the world Russia can survive a nuclear war with  the USA. 

[metisdead]

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[janclaes47]

9 hours ago, oilinki said:

Doesn't help much. Putin is too busy to show how big button he has to his people. 

 

He would probably want the sanctions to be dropped, which are not going to be dropped before Russia ends the war it initiated in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. 

 

Russia intervened in an issue somewhere in it's backyard, and later on the majority voted to be annexed by Russia, and some other world powers condemned this for which of course they had their own reasons.

 

I know a country that started wars in countries far from their bed, and get away with it.

[boomerangutang]

2 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

Why is Putin making these statements now? He must be planning on taking over a country or portion of a country, in the very near future. Maybe going to invade the Ukraine. He is crafty and has some reason to tell the world Russia can survive a nuclear war with  the USA. 

If Putin was gearing up to take over another country, he wouldn't need to telegraph it - he would just do it.  He is crafty.  So much so that he helped his buddy win the US prez election. 

 

The debilitation of the US is happening as we speak.  Putin doesn't need to send over nukes to knock the US to the ground.   Trump is doing it - far beyond what even Putin imagined.   

 

The Russians, and other adversarial countries, will continue to interfere with US elections.  Top security officials in the US have said publicly that Trump isn't raising a finger to do anything about it.  The great US leader hasn't given any direction to anyone - to try to stop Russian interference.  As long as it's helping Republicans, Trump figures it's all fine.

 

[Scott]

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[Khun Han]

15 minutes ago, Scott said:

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Apologies Scott. I pulled the source off Yahoo News in good faith. Here are some mainstream sources confirming the news:

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-ukraine-anti-tank-missiles-sale-20180301-story.html

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-kremlin-sanctions/moscow-sees-extended-u-s-sanctions-over-ukraine-as-unlawful-idUSKCN1GF0LT

[Scott]

Feel free to post from any of those sources.

 

[StraightTalk]

10 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

Why is Putin making these statements now?

It was expected! Putin (or Xi Jinping) will most definitely expand their rhetoric opposed to the grandiose speeches/comments made by the incumbent(s) of USA.

[HerbalEd]

23 hours ago, buick said:

is it possible for macron and merkel to discuss this issue with putin ?  i doubt trump is going to do anything on the topic (he's dealing with a quite a few issues right now !!!).

Trump "is" the issue.

[mrwebb8825]

On 3/3/2018 at 8:20 PM, IAMHERE said:

Why is Putin making these statements now? He must be planning on taking over a country or portion of a country, in the very near future. Maybe going to invade the Ukraine. He is crafty and has some reason to tell the world Russia can survive a nuclear war with  the USA. 

He has always wanted the entire USSR restored. The break-up hurt the home team a lot.