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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts) Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:52 AM Feb 2018

Remember the "impenetrable Cyber Security unit" Trump set up with Putin in July?

Here's the tweet:

Link to tweet

Donald J. Trump?Verified account @realDonaldTrump
Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit...so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded..
4:50 AM - 9 Jul 2017

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Remember the "impenetrable Cyber Security unit" Trump set up with Putin in July? (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Feb 2018 OP

Think there was enough blowback, that this idea was dropped. nt IphengeniaBlumgarten Feb 2018 #1

It was dropped, but the fact that it was discussed as a great idea by Trump is insane. Mrs. Overall Feb 2018 #2

It's all so obvious oberliner Feb 2018 #3

Flew out of my consciousness Clarity2 Feb 2018 #4

IphengeniaBlumgarten

(328 posts)

1. Think there was enough blowback, that this idea was dropped. nt

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:56 AM

Feb 2018

Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)

2. It was dropped, but the fact that it was discussed as a great idea by Trump is insane.

Reply to IphengeniaBlumgarten (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:58 AM

Feb 2018

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

3. It's all so obvious

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:04 AM

Feb 2018

Yet his fans still don't want to see it.

Clarity2

(1,009 posts)

4. Flew out of my consciousness

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:05 AM

Feb 2018

But I remember, and it gives me the chills. If anyone doubts Trump's conspiracy with Russia, ask yourself why Putin of all people? Russia would be the last country our intel community would ever form an alliance with.

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