Russian Official Rejects Trump Offer To Lift Sanctions For Nuclear Arms Deal

[DonViejo]

Source: Radio Free Europe

Russia appears to have rejected U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's offer to lift U.S. economic sanctions against Russia in exchange for a deal to curb nuclear arms.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters at the United Nations in New York on January 16 that Moscow was willing to talk to the United States about nuclear disarmament, but it was not going to discuss arms control as part of a deal to lift sanctions.

"Sanctions are not a subject for dialogue," Ryabkov said. "We have never discussed any criteria for the listing of sanctions and are not doing it now. All these sanctions were introduced under contrived and illegitimate pretexts." Ryabkov said Russia was open to discussion on the subject of curbing nuclear arms, but stressed that Moscow would not make concessions on arms in exchange for the United States lifting sanctions.

"Without dialogue nothing will happen at all, but it would be too naive to think Moscow would change its defense posture for that or other reasons," Ryabkov said.

Read more: http://www.rferl.org/a/ryabkov-rejects-trump-offer-lift-sanctions-in-deal-curb-nuclear-arms/28238248.html

[The Liberal Lion]

1. Looks like trump just got his first of many spankings by his pappy.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. Putin is telling Trumpy who's boss. "You'll play by MY rules!"

... but Trumpy's an expert at making deals!

[Grins]

2. HE CAN'T DO THAT!

"...Trump's offer to lift U.S. economic sanctions ...in exchange for a deal to curb nuclear arms."

He made an offer? He's not yet president. This is a Logan Act violation.

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. So, what else is new?

Trumpy is heading straight toward a brick wall at full speed. Nothing will stop him. Peddle to the metal. No ethics restraints. No separation of powers considerations. "I don't need no stinkin' ethics. I'm king."

[Calista241]

10. Trump opined about this "solution" in an interview.

As far as we know, he hasn't talked to Putin yet. And even if he did, no agreement on terms has been negotiated, reached, or agreed to.

Trump is also the President Elect. President Elects often have discussions with foreign leaders about how they will run things. It's a part of the job.

President Obama, during his transition, also had calls and meetings with foreign leaders. He was a lot more graceful about it than the idiot we have now, but these types of things are not Logan Act violations.

[lark]

5. Pootie to Drumpf - bad boy!

That is not what I told you to say, bend over and take your spanking like the baby that you are. From now on, you only say what I tell you to say regarding Russia. The only conditions he'll take are the ones already agreed to - sanctions get removed and Russian oligarchs buy lots of tawdry overpriced mansions from the orange one. Ha, Drumpf can't even get his slavedom correct, tried to sneak in another clause to make him look better but pootie is having none of that, LOL.

[xor]

6. How long until Trump apologizes to Putin and promises to to remove sanctions

and unilaterally destroy all US nuclear weapons and missile defense systems?

That last part might be a stretch, but I feel pretty confident we'll see the former.

[dalton99a]

7. Any public disagreement between the puppet and his master is only temporary or illusory.

[tenorly]

8. Exactly. It's like watching Charlie McCarthy get sassy with Edgar Bergen.

Purely for entertainment (with apologies to the late Edgar Bergen).

[Hortensis]

9. Well... Right up until the pissing match starts.

It's not going to be his dick President Trump whips out. I imagine a LOT of meeting hours are devoted in Moscow to how to manipulate Trump without setting him off.

[Sunlei]

11. russia wants t(R)umps to assist them in slaying thousands of innocents. Once the USA crosses that

line, helping Russia bomb innocents/boots on ground terrorizing innocents we're doomed with revenge attacks.