{"id":31842,"date":"2018-03-21T12:57:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T19:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=31842"},"modified":"2018-03-21T12:57:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T19:57:07","slug":"do-not-congratulate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/21\/do-not-congratulate\/","title":{"rendered":"DO NOT CONGRATULATE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Presidents do not praise the sham elections of foreign dictators.  Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten, aka Putin’s Piddle Puppet did, but the Fuhrer is a Resident, not a President.  I think I know why he did so, and ignored the Russian murder of two people in Great Britain, even though his own national security staff warned hum, "DO NOT CONGRATULATE!"<\/font><\/p>\n

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President Trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers Tuesday when he congratulated<\/a> Russian President Vladi\u00admir Putin on his reelection \u2014 including a section in his briefing materials in all-capital letters stating \u201cDO NOT CONGRATULATE<\/strong>,\u201d according to officials familiar with the call.<\/p>\n

Trump also chose not to heed talking points from aides instructing him to condemn the recent poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain with a powerful nerve agent, a case that both the British and U.S. governments have blamed on Moscow.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s conversation with Putin, which Trump described as a \u201cvery good call,\u201d prompted fresh criticism of his muted tone toward one of the United States\u2019 biggest geopolitical rivals amid the special counsel investigation into Russia\u2019s election interference and the Trump campaign\u2019s contacts with Russian officials… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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As usual, Rachel Maddow<\/a> employed a lengthy lead-in, but in her 22 minute clip, she covers it in detail.<\/font><\/p>\n