Fmr acting & dep CIA head: I think (Trump) has some special affection for Putin we don't understand

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-comments-about-putin-spark-more-criticism/ar-AAmFqZU?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp

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President Donald Trump’s remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin, declaring a false equivalency between the U.S. government and the Russian government, “suggests that he doesn’t have a good understanding of what Putin has done over a very long period of time,” according to former acting and deputy director of the CIA Michael Morrell.

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On “CBS This Morning” on Monday, Morell said the Russian president “has killed dozens and dozens of journalists [and] political opponents both inside of Russia and outside of Russia. There’s no equivalency between those extrajudicial killings of political opponents and what the United States does overseas under the authority of the President of the United States to defend the United States against serious threats. So it’s a very bizarre statement.”

When asked why he thinks Mr. Trump has resisted making any public statement criticizing Putin, Morell replied, “I think he has some special affection for Putin that is a result of something that we don’t fully understand. There [are] questions out there about financial ties, there’s questions about compromising material. What we saw was Putin praising Trump during the campaign, and Trump in return praising Putin, so it could be as simple as that.

“But there is some special bond here that seems to be overriding the facts and the interests of the United States of America.”

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. That special bond is probably the amount of money he owes the oligarchs.

[onecaliberal]

2. He's afraid of them, they own him

[Afromania]

3. ya know

If he's in love with Putin he should just admit his feelings. Sticking America in a flower bouquet with the other countries probably isn't the best way to go about it.

[UCmeNdc]

4. The special bond is the fond memories preserved in pictures and video tape.

It's raining in quite a few of them.

[machoneman]

5. Yeah....

it's Pooty-boy riding high on Trumpy's backside w/o any lube!