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G-7 Leaders Not Sold On Trump’s Idea To Invite Putin In From Cold
"It's certainly possible, we'll see", Donald Trump said Sunday, of the possibility he might invite Vladimir Putin to next year's G-7 gathering, which the US will host.
The comments came during his breakfast meeting with Boris Johnson, during which the US president told the media that the leaders gathered in France "had a very good discussion on Russia and President Putin, and a lively discussion, but, really, a good one".
Putin was, of course, ejected from the "club" years ago after the annexa
Recognizing that Trump is ‘Putin’s puppet’, why should we be surprised? Putin still threatens the West in Syria, Ukraine (not to mention Crimea), and even Venezuela, where Putin’s Rostneft has taken over selling Venezuelan crude oil (despite U.S. sanctions), with settlement only in Euros, thus seeking to undermine American interests and the USD as the world’s currency.
Putin does not deserve to be invited to the next G-7. The other G-7 leaders are right, Trump is wrong.
Trump is so obviously compromised. He may even be on Putin’s payroll ever since Trump went broke and nobody else would lend him any money.
He is, and his ham-handed efforts to placate his master are so laughably transparent, it hurts.