Putin says U.S.-Russia ties worse since Trump took office

[Miles Archer]

Putin says U.S.-Russia ties worse since Trump took office

Levels of trust between Moscow and Washington have deteriorated since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.

Asked about relations since Trump became president, Putin said, according to a transcript of the interview released by the Kremlin: "One could say that the level of trust on a working level, especially on the military level, has not improved, but rather has deteriorated."

Asked about accusations that Syria's government launched a chemical weapons attack in Idlib province, Putin said that Damascus had given up its chemical weapons stocks.

He said he believed there were two main explanations for the incident in Idlib province: that Syrian government air strikes had hit rebel chemical weapons stocks, releasing poisonous gas, or that the incident was a set-up designed to discredit the Syrian government.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-tillerson-putin-idUSKBN17E11W?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Maybe someone should explain to Putin the old adage of "be careful what you wish for".

[madaboutharry]

2. I'm not understanding any of this.

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. Riigghhtt - like we're going to give a rats ass what pootie says..or the family in the

WH - I say - screw you - just like you tell us to eat shit...lies and the liars...this is all a ruse and the biggest BS story - bigly....why can't we just get the truth?? - oh, and that shot over the bow to comey from trump....IF COMEY doesn't indict - we are surely on the slide down the rabbit hole....

[demosincebirth]

4. We are being played by trump and Putin.

[Vinca]

5. I'm inclined to believe this is a giant smokescreen and meant to protect Dear Leader

and his crime family from the prying eyes of the intelligence agencies.

[panader0]

6. I don't believe a word of it.

It seems to me that all of this is set up.

[uponit7771]

7. lofl

[Maven]

8. SURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRE they are

Wink wink wink wink.

[Charles Bukowski]

9. Putin made is so plainly obvious that he was helping Dump

(to the point of obvious collision between themselves and the Dump campaign) that it would be political suicide for the administration ally with him at this point.

I'm just counting down the days when a Democratic president takes over and sanctions the living shit out of Russia for what they did to us. Your judgment cometh, and that right soon, fuckers.

[Lint Head]

10. The Murderer Putin knows saying this will make it look

like He and the Sexual Predator Trump did not collude.

[nikibatts]

11. Careful, we are being "played."

[Squinch]

12. Then he said, "Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Know what I mean?" And smiled like Groucho Marx.

[Johonny]

13. buyer's remorse