Saturday, December 31, 2016

Trump: Putin ‘very smart’ for not retaliating against U.S. over latest round of sanctions

Via Billy

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a sword while listening an explanations from the head of Russian First Channel Konstantin Ernst, during his meeting with the historical action film Viking's crew, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. Viking is a historical action film based on the historical document Primary Chronicle and Icelandic Kings' sagas. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday hailed Russian President Vladimir Putin as “very smart” for not retaliating against a new round of U.S. sanctions against the former Cold War foe.

“Great move on delay (by V. Putin) - I always knew he was very smart!” tweeted Mr. Trump, who weathered unrelenting criticism during the campaign for heaping praise on Mr. Putin.

The tweet suggested that Mr. Trump, who made his deal-making skills a chief argument for his presidential run, will be open to negotiating with Russia over the status of the sanctions once he takes office Jan. 20.

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4 comments:

  1. BadgerDecember 31, 2016 at 12:30 PM

    Putin is intelligent. He knows Obama is a petulant, loser. By not over-reacting to this childish tantrum, the relationship can reset when Trump becomes president.

    Badger

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  2. Avraham December 31, 2016 at 2:01 PM

    And Trump is smart for pointing it out.

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