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factfinder_77

(841 posts)
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 11:00 AM Oct 2016

Clever Pivot from groping scandal - apologize to Serbia for stopping them from committing genocide

http://europe.newsweek.com/donald-trump-apologises-serbia-yugoslavia-bombing-509417

Trump called military intervention under Bill Clinton to stop genocide a "big mistake.


"The bombing of Serbs, who were our allies in both world wars, was a big mistake,” Trump told the Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnik for an article published on its website Thursday. “Serbians are very good people. Unfortunately, the Clinton administration caused them a lot of harm, but also throughout the Balkans, which they made a mess out of."

The interview was conducted via email correspondence with a Trump campaign senior adviser, Suzanne Ryder Jaworowski, who is also campaign manager for the state of Indiana, Nedeljnik's managing editor, Marko Prelevic, told Newsweek.
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Clever Pivot from groping scandal - apologize to Serbia for stopping them from committing genocide (Original Post) factfinder_77 Oct 2016 OP
His bizarre fixation with Eastern Europe is unsettling, to say the least alcibiades_mystery Oct 2016 #1
My guess NewJeffCT Oct 2016 #2
And where is the outrage from the righties? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2016 #3
Which swing state has a lot of Serb voters? yellowcanine Oct 2016 #4
Nah. I think with this one it's to support the far right parties there. Putin has long been okaawhatever Oct 2016 #5
i think you might be attributing motives of rationality and strategy to someone incapable of either 0rganism Oct 2016 #6
 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
1. His bizarre fixation with Eastern Europe is unsettling, to say the least
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 11:02 AM
Oct 2016

Putin and crew of course sided with their buddy Milosevic during the whole damn escapade. This is a very weird move.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
2. My guess
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 11:06 AM
Oct 2016

is that Paul Manafort, or maybe Manafort and a few others, are whispering these things in his ear from somebody high up in Russia.

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
5. Nah. I think with this one it's to support the far right parties there. Putin has long been
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 02:24 PM
Oct 2016

funding and training far right nationalist parties in Europe. This is just another example of his plan.

Hungary: Jobbik
Greece: Golden Dawn
France: Marine La Pen

and others.

0rganism

(23,957 posts)
6. i think you might be attributing motives of rationality and strategy to someone incapable of either
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 02:31 PM
Oct 2016

i don't see this as a coherent part of the campaign
he's come way the fuck unglued and he's lashing out in every direction at once
suspect someone (maybe Manafort) mentioned this to him over lunch and it reoccurred to him today as a rant-worthy topic

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