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highplainsdem

(49,029 posts)
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 08:19 PM Nov 2017

Papadopoulos Repeatedly Represented Trump Campaign, Record Shows

Source: NBC

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has downplayed the role of foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos during the 2016 presidential campaign. But the public record shows that Papadopoulos, who attempted to set up a meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, was a more prominent figure than previously understood.

Papadopoulos was in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention where he was invited by the American Jewish Committee to speak on a panel about U.S. foreign policy, organizers said.

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Papadopoulos’ public role for the Trump campaign continued. In late September, just six weeks before Election Day, he gave an interview as a Trump campaign official to the Russian Interfax News Agency, where he said that Trump will “restore the trust” between the U.S. and Russia.

And he met with Israeli leaders during the inauguration in January as a foreign policy adviser for the newly-sworn in president. "We are looking forward to ushering in a new relationship with all of Israel, including the historic Judea and Samaria," Papadopoulos told the Jerusalem Post the following day.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/papadopoulos-repeatedly-represented-trump-campaign-record-shows-n817421

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Papadopoulos Repeatedly Represented Trump Campaign, Record Shows (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 2017 OP
Chris Hayes is covering this story now. highplainsdem Nov 2017 #1
Serving coffee, eh?? iluvtennis Nov 2017 #2
Coffee Boy? Botany Nov 2017 #3
How many languages does Papadopoulos speak? FakeNoose Nov 2017 #4
I do not know but I do not assume he speaks any foreign language. riversedge Nov 2017 #6
The GOP really tried to slander this kid. sarcasmo Nov 2017 #5

Botany

(70,567 posts)
3. Coffee Boy?
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 08:25 PM
Nov 2017



And by the way who was paying for Papadopoulos' trips and expenses as he was
jet setting around Europe?

FakeNoose

(32,726 posts)
4. How many languages does Papadopoulos speak?
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 11:15 PM
Nov 2017

I'm assuming he speaks Greek, but now I'm wondering whether he's fluent in other languages as well?

Possibly Israeli (Hebrew) and Russian? He sure did a lot of travelling last year and represented Trump in multiple high-level meetings with other heads of state. He sounds way more important than a coffee-boy.

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