usmbguest5318
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Who alleges that the conversation/meeting was secret? All that's currently secret is the nature of what they discussed.
Indeed, that the conversation was held in the open, even though its subject matter was not and has not been disclosed yet, is a overt snub to the U.S.' European allies, which Putin/Russia is not, who've solicited U.S. aid in ostracizing Putin and to show the U.S.' solidarity with its long standing NATO allies.
- Eastern European leaders have begged new US President Donald Trump not to pursue a cosy relationship with Vladimir Putin
- Countering, not cooperating with Putin, should be order of the day
- Europe is now between a rock and a hard place. The rock is Trump’s propensity to disparage alliances and show sympathy for illiberal European politicians. The hard place is Putin’s expectation that more, not fewer, opportunities lie ahead to further his foreign policy goals – not least a rewriting of Europe’s architecture, to Russia’s benefit.
- Military experts almost universally agree that NATO’s pledged military presence in the Baltics and Poland will not be enough to thwart a Russian invasion.
- Trump’s election produced a fourth payoff beyond Putin’s wildest dreams: a U.S. government that goes out of its way to insult countries around the world, particularly European allies.
- Moscow sees liberal democracy as a threat and therefore must defeat it, either by force of arms in Ukraine and an attempted coup in Montenegro, or through non-violent means in the West, bringing us down to the Kremlin’s own, depraved level through corruption, disinformation and support for nationalist political movements.
