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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-trump-putin-wildfires-idUSKCN1UQ2UCMOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump offered his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin help in putting out vast wildfires that are raging in Siberia, the Kremlin said late on Wednesday, a move it said Putin took as a sign that battered ties can be restored.
The Kremlin said the two leaders had spoken by phone at Washingtons initiative, hours after Putin ordered the Russian army to help firefighters battle the wildfires.
The fires have spread to around 3 million hectares of mostly remote forest, an area almost the size of Belgium, according to the Federal Forestry Agency, wafting smoke across Siberia and prompting several regions to declare states of emergency.
The U.S. president offered Russia cooperation in fighting forest fires in Siberia, the Kremlin statement said.
President Putin expressed his sincere gratitude for such an attentive attitude and for the offer of help and support.
Putin told Trump that Moscow would take him up on his offer if necessary, the Kremlin said, adding: The Russian president took this step from the U.S. president as a sign that in the future we can restore full-scale ties between our two countries.
Russia has long been keen to try to start rebuilding battered U.S.-Russia relations, which remain strained by everything from Syria to Ukraine and allegations of Russian interference in U.S. politics, which Moscow denies.
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CatMor
(6,212 posts)it's his fault because they didn't sweep the forests.
JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)Go figure.
Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)This should be BIG news, but it barely registers in this miasma of Trumpian outrages.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)that has a wildfire.
ESPECIALLY California.
SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,595 posts)Trump to Russians: 'How can I use taxpayers' dollars to ingratiate myself to Putin?"
cilla4progress
(24,777 posts)Who here is surprised, didn't see this coming.
Evil walks among us.
blugbox
(951 posts)FUCK YOU DONALD GODDAMN trump I HATE YOU
dustyscamp
(2,228 posts)not_the_one
(2,227 posts)Billboard
Two words
In red
RUSSIA FIRST!
intrepidity
(7,337 posts)Says this Californian.
calimary
(81,511 posts)It wouldnt surprise me if he arranged with some of his own loyal human scum to set one or more of those fires.
Keep in mind, this is one of the most petty and vindictive LITTLE men weve ever seen.
DFW
(54,445 posts)With Trump (and maybe Cheney), it can't be discounted.
Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)OnDoutside
(19,974 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,100 posts)Afromania
(2,771 posts)OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
FUCK
THIS
FUCKING
GUY
His whole policy is to run around licking at Putin's ass. He's so blatant about it that.. ugh fuck, FUCK I hate that son of a bitch so much. So goddamn much. Thanks GOP and your miserable plugs of cultists. Thanks a whole fucking lot.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)Make Russia Great Again
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)MRGA
Make Russia Great Again
fromVT
(266 posts)Always check the date.
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)This happened.