{"id":33115,"date":"2018-07-16T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T19:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33115"},"modified":"2018-07-16T13:08:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T20:08:02","slug":"two-turds-in-the-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/16\/two-turds-in-the-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Turds in the Bowl!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is based on research I did early this morning.\u00a0 Subsequent events are as extreme as they are horrid, but except for a brief segment at the end, I will let that pass for now and cover them in depth tomorrow, after I have time to research them.\u00a0 So please understand this article covers only what happened right after the two turds were dropped into the bowl.<\/span><\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump met and shook hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday to kick off their long-anticipated meeting in Finland, but made no mention of thorny issues like election meddling, Syria or Crimea in his opening remarks.<\/p>\n

The two leaders began the summit by walking quietly into a room in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. Against the backdrop of six U.S. and Russian flags, Putin broke the silence with brief remarks.<\/p>\n

But when Trump spoke, he didn’t address some of the issues vexing politicians back home, in Europe and the Middle East, such as the federal indictments last week of Russian military intelligence officers, Russia’s defense of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or the annexation of Crimea.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead, he started his remarks by congratulating his counterpart on hosting the World Cup<\/strong>… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <ABC News<\/a>><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a clip of their opening remarks from BBC<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n