DONALD TRUMP HOPES THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN “LIKES ME!”

….This is the man who’s approval Trump is seeking

 

Would “The Donald” seriously want the Russians to hack into our systems?

 

You gotta give credit where credit is due!  Trump knows that in order to come close to winning in November, he has to control the media coverage 24/7. 

 

What better way than on one of the biggest day of the Democratic Convention, Donald Trump pleads directly for the Russian government to meddle in the US presidential election. He does this by asking them to find and releasing tens of thousands of private emails from his Democratic opponent.  This is a bizarre and extraordinary and totally unprecedented maneuver in American politics and it knocked the Democratic Convention and Obama’s anticipated speech totally out of the news.

 

Think about it!

 

Yep, Trump said he wants to ask the notorious authoritarian, almost dictator, of the former other side of the Cold War, to dive into our national security systems and browse around at their convenience.

 

Here’s exactly what “The Donald” actually said:  “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 [Hilary] emails that are missing,” said Trump during a news conference at one of his South Florida resorts. He added later, “They probably have them. I’d like to have them released.” 

 

When asked whether Russian espionage into the former Secretary of State’s correspondence would concern him, Trump said, “No, it gives me no pause. If they have them, they have them.”  No further concern about having the number one enemy of the US browsing around in an American citizens e-mail system.  Why not just give them their own desk in the CIA headquarters?

 

The emails cited by Trump are from Clinton’s time at the State Department, where her use of a private server prompted a federal investigation. The FBI later concluded that no prosecution was necessary.

 

President Obama, who had planned for weeks to address the Democratic Convention, told NBC News in an interview that Russia could in fact, be working to influence the election of Mr. Trump.

 

“What we do know is that the Russians hacked our systems, not just government systems but private systems,” Obama said. “What the motives were in terms of the leaks, all that — I can’t say directly. What I do know is that Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin.”

 

Other pundits have said that Trump is such a narcissist and craves so much attention, that Putin could probably claim to admire Mr. Trump so much that Trump would give his buddy, “Vald” whatever was asked of him.

 

The former US Attorney General, Eric Holder, told MSNBC during the convention that this statement by Trump should disqualify him from running for president.  He also said he goes to bed every night with a knot in his stomach when he thinks of Donald Trump possibly being in the White House.

 

Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook responded to Trump’s Wednesday comments with a tone of disbelief, telling reporters the apparent hacking was “a national security issue.”  He wasn’t referring to concern for what was in Hillary’s e-mails, he was referring to the idea of encouraging a foreign enemy to hack into a US security systems.  That is a real national security issue.

 Manafort

Democrats have labored for weeks to put Trump on the defensive over his business and personal ties to Russia. Especially, his professed admiration for its president, Putin, as a “model leader”. Some have even portrayed Trump as Putin’s “Manchurian candidate”.  If you don’t understand that terminology, it’s asking if Putin might actually be brainwashing Trump into being part of a Communist conspiracy.  He would do this by continually complementing Trump and by calling him “a Genius”, as Donald Trump has stated that Putin has said about him.

 

Several of Trump’s top advisers already have major business connections to Russia. In fact, Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has made millions of dollars in business deals with pro-Russia oligarchs.  In addition, Manafort  has advised the Putin-aligned president of Ukraine, whose 2014 ouster triggered Russia’s intervention there.

 

Trump has actually played into the Democrat’s hands by praising Putin’s leadership qualities and by vowing that US relations with Russia would improve if Trump is elected in November.

 

Trump has such a knack for sticking his foot in his mouth, but he usually doesn’t pay for doing it.  Here is his latest example: “I don’t think Putin has any respect whatsoever for Clinton,” Trump said. He added, “He has a total lack of respect for President Obama. Number one, he doesn’t like him. And number two, he doesn’t respect him. I think he’s going to respect your president if I’m elected. And I hope he likes me.”

 

Amazing that the individual that wants to be the most powerful person in the world, he hopes and is concerned if the dictator like leader of one of our long-time enemies “likes him”.

 

And the hits just keep on coming.

 

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