2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonald just loves him some Putin
But MSNBC unearthed an interview from three years ago that suggests Trump not only knows Putin, but also was aware Putin was monitoring him in some fashion. The interview was conducted by MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts in Moscow, ahead of a Miss Universe pageant.
I do have a relationship, and I can tell you that hes very interested in what were doing here today, Trump told Roberts, when asked about his relationship with Putin. Hes probably very interested in what you and I are saying today and Im sure hes going to be seeing it in some form. But I do have a relationship with him and I think its very interesting to see whats happened.
I mean look, hes done a very brilliant job in terms of what he represents and what hes representing, Trump said. If you look at what hes done with Syria, if you look at so many of the different things, he has really eaten our presidents lunch, lets not kid ourselves.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/msnbc-unearths-three-year-old-interview-with-trump-in-moscow-i-do-have-a-relationship-with-putin/
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(60,352 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,257 posts)"hes done a very brilliant job in terms of what he represents and what hes representing"
Not just brilliant, but VERY brilliant.
"What he represents AND what he's representing."
I don't think English composition was Donald's strong suit.
grubbs
(356 posts)Disaffected sanders supporters is going to push most of the extremely conservative reps to vote libertarian. Keep up the good work trump. Hillary thanks you.
PatSeg
(47,780 posts)We can't be sure that even that was the truth when he said it. If he is being truthful, it is usually an accident.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)First he met him while they were being interviewed for 60 minutes, even though it was clear to us that they hadn't actually met. But he claimed he did when he wanted to be a braggart.
Then he walked it back the other day, after having made the statement to Putin, if you're listening. I hope you can find those 30,000 emails Clinton deleted. Then once the FBI got involved in investigating that statement, he walked it back.
Now we find out that he claimed to have had a relationship with Putin going back three years. Also someone had posted here on DU that both his sons had made comments dating back a couple of years about their sizable investments with the Russians. So there seems to be some there, there.
My guess is that the Intelligence community will say to Trump this week, "No classified briefing for you".
While he may be entitled to briefings, the Intelligence community decides what information to provide to him. If they deem he can't be trusted with certain information, he doesn't get it at this time. If I were them, I'd limit his access to info to the absolute minimum he needs to get by. It would probably go like this: "Mr. Trump, I'm here for your intelligence briefing. First, your secret service code name is "Jerk". Second, In my humble opinion, You are not very intelligent. That is all sir. Good day."
The fact that he is incapable of controlling what comes out of his mouth should be grounds for limiting access to the bare minimum needed. The way he runs his mouth, anything more would be spread to Eric and Don Jr. in 5 minutes to prove that he's important and knows something the rest of us don't. And finally, he'd probably just blurt something out that he shouldn't at a rally because he has the self control of a 3 year old, or during a 3 a.m. Tweet.