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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking: Meuller investigating Russia ordering Trump who to choose as Secretary of State
One subject that Steele is believed to have discussed with Muellers investigators is a memo that he wrote in late November, 2016, after his contract with Fusion had ended. This memo, which did not surface publicly with the others, is shorter than the rest, and is based on one source, described as a senior Russian official. The official said that he was merely relaying talk circulating in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but what hed heard was astonishing: people were saying that the Kremlin had intervened to block Trumps initial choice for Secretary of State, Mitt Romney. (During Romneys run for the White House in 2012, he was notably hawkish on Russia, calling it the single greatest threat to the U.S.) The memo said that the Kremlin, through unspecified channels, had asked Trump to appoint someone who would be prepared to lift Ukraine-related sanctions, and who would coöperate on security issues of interest to Russia, such as the conflict in Syria. If what the source heard was true, then a foreign power was exercising pivotal influence over U.S. foreign policyand an incoming President.
This is in a long article about Christopher Steele (Around 9th to last paragraph)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/12/christopher-steele-the-man-behind-the-trump-dossier?irgwc=1&utm_medium=10078&utm_campaign=Online%20Tracking%20Link&utm_source=IR
dchill
(38,521 posts)Rexxon.
triron
(22,019 posts)Wwcd
(6,288 posts)..where RU stepped in at the R Convention & everything seemed to be planned from the Kremlin, there on..
There was a turning point, such as with naming Pence VP, where RU went whole hog with their coup.
anarch
(6,535 posts)and stands to profit immensely if sanctions are lifted such that the Rosneft/Exxon deal can proceed
all of this shit would be pushing the boundaries of plausibility in some trashy spy novel. yet, here we are....
Doitnow
(1,103 posts)would he suffer such abuse in the position he is in. Money trumps all for his kind. A swamp full of creeps is what surrounds the Dumpster.
Doodley
(9,119 posts)got the job of Secretary of State. That is not just a coincidence.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,036 posts)Doodley
(9,119 posts)went to great lengths to court Romney for the job.
disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)That sounds like what is being implied here...
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Goddamn that clip was glorious.
Doodley
(9,119 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,469 posts)Trump is now bound for prison IMO.
Geez, how can anyone turn a blind eye to trump following putin's orders?
Mr.Bill
(24,317 posts)are guilty of the same thing.
MGKrebs
(8,138 posts)Putin seems to be able to get to anyone, anywhere.
"A little polonium with your tea, sir?"
You lay down with dogs...
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)is one more day of complicity for the whole GOP. To them, Trump's simply an Auto-pen.
erronis
(15,328 posts)Of course, many critters also get their marching orders from the same place.
I want to know if the NSA is listening in on all of these signals emanating from the USSR. Maybe they are part of the same team? Maybe if they have a lot of knowledge they don't know who to trust in the US gov't to let them know.
This is Smiley's world.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)I know he's survived scandals that would have brought down anyone else, but this has to be the straw that broke the camel's back, right??
Mr.Bill
(24,317 posts)nothing will be done.
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)...nothing will be done. And they'll have that many no matter what happens in November.
Doodley
(9,119 posts)finds something.
Botany
(70,567 posts)triron
(22,019 posts)Perhaps a few other cabinet members. Hey what about throwing in a couple US Senators as well.
Putin could help with that.
BigmanPigman
(51,626 posts)Nunes and Rohrabacher on his payroll.
Doodley
(9,119 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,626 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)Putin chose for him . Its pretty obvious trump's his puppet.
barbtries
(28,810 posts)is corrupt as hell. he's not there for the country's sake at all.
Mr.Bill
(24,317 posts)diva77
(7,652 posts)that way
Raster
(20,998 posts)...dismantling the United States of America Department of State.
barbtries
(28,810 posts)Doodley
(9,119 posts)need to do a deal with Rosneft to exploit the 64 million acres of land it owns.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Doodley
(9,119 posts)Enoki33
(1,587 posts)he did not fit the being acquainted to dotard profile. He did however fit the Putin linked profile.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...and has the MEDAL to prove it.
Doodley
(9,119 posts)TwistOneUp
(1,020 posts)And Exxon-Mobil consistently scored a zero in the annual Human Rights Commission diversity rankings. Zero means, "antithetically opposed to diversity".
Gay? Lesbian? Bi? Trans? You ain't working here!
Russia likes that. What with all their anti-human rights goals...
So Rrrex is perfect.
JI7
(89,262 posts)Even after he called trump a fucking idiot or something like that and contradicted him on policy.
He needs putins permission including who to replace him with.
lindysalsagal
(20,726 posts)It all starts to make sense when you look at it through the puppet angle. Putin owns the gop leadership.
They should all be resigning.
bucolic_frolic
(43,258 posts)because I'm listening to you!
mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)Buttershrimp
(18 posts)It makes so much sense about them wanting the SOS.
w100jmi
(97 posts)To choose everyone in his cabinet and why many exited so early, aside from tensions within the Dump administration.