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Top U.S. officials tell the world to ignore Trump’s tweets



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McMaster calls evidence of Russia election tampering 'incontrovertible'
U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster said evidence of Russian tampering in the 2016 presidential campaign is 'incontrovertible' on Feb. 17. (Reuters)

By Michael Birnbaum and Griff Witte Email the authorFebruary 18 at 7:45 AMLoaded in 1.5 seconds
MUNICH — Amid global anxiety about President Trump’s approach to world affairs, U.S. officials had a message for a gathering of Europe’s foreign policy elite this weekend: Pay no attention to the man tweeting behind the curtain.

U.S. lawmakers — both Democrats and Republicans — and top national security officials in the Trump administration offered the same advice publicly and privately, often clashing with Trump’s Twitter stream: The United States remains staunchly committed to its European allies, is furious with the Kremlin about election interference and isn’t contemplating a preemptive strike on North Korea to halt its nuclear program.

But Trump himself engaged in a running counterpoint to the message, taking aim on social media at his own national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, because he “forgot” on Saturday to tell the Munich Security Conference that the results of the 2016 election weren’t affected by Russian interference, a conclusion that is not supported by U.S. intelligence agencies. They say they will probably never be able to determine whether the Russian involvement swung the election toward Trump.

The determination to ignore Trump’s foreign policy tweets has been bipartisan.

“There is a lot more support for continuing our past policies than it might appear from some of the statements,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) told an audience on Sunday that was made up mostly of Europe’s foreign policy elite. “The unanimity comes from those folks who are actually operationalizing policy.”


“The values are the same, the relationships are the same,” said Rep. Michael R. Turner (R-Ohio). “What you do see is this administration willing to put pressure upon the systems.”

The question of whom they should believe — the president or his advisers — has befuddled European officials. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel confessed Saturday that he didn’t know where to look to understand America.
 
Trump tweets BTFO!!!!!!

It's sad when the adults in the room have to tell everyone else to ignore the noisy brat who happens to be president.
 
How 'bout just ignoring every tweet from everybody?

That's what I do.
 
Good for McMaster. Many of Trumps tweets are fucking stupid.
 
Wait, but in my thread about Trump not doing a press conference in over a year the response from Trump bots was, "He tweets".

Can there be a more embarrassing president in the history of the US? haha
 
Crazy days we live in
 
Perhaps the rest of the globe is anxious because America is kicking ass again?
 
Guess he will be looking for a new job as he should be.
 
Perhaps the rest of the globe is anxious because America is kicking ass again?

Or perhaps Trump is a borderline senile idiot who needs to be treated as such by more competent people?
 
Or perhaps Trump is a borderline senile idiot who needs to be treated as such by more competent people?



And yet, he still manages to do more to make America a safer more prosperous nation, than obama.
 
How did the Russian "tamper" with the election?

Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch stated that there is no evidence the Russians manipulated the voting mechanisms.

So as of now, isn't the Russian tampering just limited to Social Media influencing and planting fake news? Has it been proven the Russians hacked the Clinton camp servers?
 
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And yet, he still manages to do more to make America a safer more prosperous nation, than obama.

Sweet, was Obama ever BTFO in public in front of foreing leaders by his national security advisor?
 





World
Top U.S. officials tell the world to ignore Trump’s tweets



1:31

McMaster calls evidence of Russia election tampering 'incontrovertible'
U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster said evidence of Russian tampering in the 2016 presidential campaign is 'incontrovertible' on Feb. 17. (Reuters)

By Michael Birnbaum and Griff Witte Email the authorFebruary 18 at 7:45 AMLoaded in 1.5 seconds
MUNICH — Amid global anxiety about President Trump’s approach to world affairs, U.S. officials had a message for a gathering of Europe’s foreign policy elite this weekend: Pay no attention to the man tweeting behind the curtain.

U.S. lawmakers — both Democrats and Republicans — and top national security officials in the Trump administration offered the same advice publicly and privately, often clashing with Trump’s Twitter stream: The United States remains staunchly committed to its European allies, is furious with the Kremlin about election interference and isn’t contemplating a preemptive strike on North Korea to halt its nuclear program.

But Trump himself engaged in a running counterpoint to the message, taking aim on social media at his own national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, because he “forgot” on Saturday to tell the Munich Security Conference that the results of the 2016 election weren’t affected by Russian interference, a conclusion that is not supported by U.S. intelligence agencies. They say they will probably never be able to determine whether the Russian involvement swung the election toward Trump.

The determination to ignore Trump’s foreign policy tweets has been bipartisan.

“There is a lot more support for continuing our past policies than it might appear from some of the statements,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) told an audience on Sunday that was made up mostly of Europe’s foreign policy elite. “The unanimity comes from those folks who are actually operationalizing policy.”


“The values are the same, the relationships are the same,” said Rep. Michael R. Turner (R-Ohio). “What you do see is this administration willing to put pressure upon the systems.”

The question of whom they should believe — the president or his advisers — has befuddled European officials. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel confessed Saturday that he didn’t know where to look to understand America.

Trump is a disgrace to this country. He represents everything that is destroying the US. Greed, corruption, morality, dishonesty. Hey wait! That’s the US gov, they found the perfect leader. We are fucked.
 
Well, yeah. The tweets are nothing more than tough talk and never have been. I'm not debating its effectiveness, its just a way of coming in hard on something and then looking like you have some give when it comes to making the deal. He's just done a bad job at making those deals smoothly.

Media also uses it as a tool to cause division and again, I'm not necessarily defending it, just saying.

Tough talk for NK , sort of loses its weight when the media swoons over how pretty a brutal dictators sister is and how great they are for letting people go to the Olympics.
 
Sweet, was Obama ever BTFO in public in front of foreing leaders by his national security advisor?

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