Hysteria over Trump at the Helsinki Summit with Putin
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTr…/status/1018955906690584576 At least 2 political risks possibly in the graphic above, actually – one, going ahead to meet with Putin when some said he should call it off after the 12 Russian indictments, and second, not publicly trying to humiliate Putin with accusations like the reporters & Dems were goading him to do at the press conference. I almost sense some of Trump’s defiance of such goading was reflexively contrarian out of his despisement of much of the media. Of course they’re motivated by lingering anger that Trump won the election (despite findings the Russians didn’t impact it), and possibly some fear that Trump might actually succeed at his own Russian reset where Obama/Clinton clearly failed. I guess they forgot that Obama once said that the idea of public shaming of Putin on the world stage doesn’t read the Russian people well. No, Trump has been nothing if not consistent in opening dialogues with leaders of our chief a...
