Russia’s State TV Calls Trump Their ‘Agent’
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Sometimes a picture doesn’t have to be worth a thousand words. Just a few will do. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov returned home from his visit with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last week, Russian state media was gloating over the spectacle. TV channel Rossiya 1 aired a segment entitled “Puppet Master and ‘Agent’—How to Understand Lavrov’s Meeting With Trump.”
Vesti Nedeli , a Sunday news show on the same network, pointed out that it was Trump, personally, who asked Lavrov to pose standing near as Trump sat at his desk. It’s almost the literal image of a power behind the throne.
And in the meantime, much to Russia’s satisfaction, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is still waiting for that critical White House meeting with the American president: the famous “quid pro quo” for Zelensky announcing an investigation that would smear Democratic challenger Joe Biden. As yet, Zelensky hasn’t done that, and as yet, no meeting has been set.
Russian state television still views the impending impeachment as a bump in the road that won’t lead to Trump’s removal from office. But President Vladimir Putin’s propaganda brigades enjoy watching the heightened divisions in the United States, and how it hurts relations between the U.S. and Ukraine.
They’ve also added a cynical new a narrative filled with half-joking ironies as they look at the American president’s bleak prospects when he does leave office.
Appearing on Sunday Evening With Vladimir Soloviev , Mikhail Gusman, first deputy director general of ITAR-TASS, Russia’s oldest and largest news agency, predicted : “Sooner or later, the Democrats will come back into power. The next term or the term after that, it doesn’t matter... I have an even more unpleasant forecast for Trump. After the White House, he will face a very unhappy period.”
The host, Vladimir Soloviev, smugly asked: “Should we get another apartment in Rostov ready?” Soloviev’s allusion was to the situation of Viktor Yanukovych, former president of Ukraine, who was forced to flee to Russia in 2014 and settled in the city of Rostov-on-Don.
Such parallels between Yanukovych and Trump are being drawn not only because of their common association with Paul Manafort, adviser to the first, campaign chairman for the second, but also because Russian experts and politicians consider both of them to be openly pro-Kremlin.
Tightly controlled Russian state-television programs constantly reiterate that Trump doesn’t care about Ukraine and gave Putin no reasons to even contemplate concessions in the run-up to the recent Normandy Four summit in Paris.
State-television news shows use every opportunity to demoralize the Ukrainians with a set of talking points based on the U.S. president’s distaste for their beleaguered country. The host of Who’s Against on Rossiya-1, Dmitry Kulikov, along with pro-Kremlin guests, took repeated jabs at the Ukrainian panelist, boasting about the meeting between Trump and Lavrov.
“There are no disagreements or contradictions between Trump and Russia,” argued Valery Korovin, director of the Center for Geopolitical Expertise, appearing on the state-television channel Rossiya-24. Korovin insisted that the Democrats in Congress are the main antagonists in the relationship between Russia and the United States.
Dmitry Kiselyov, the host of the Sunday news show Vesti Nedeli , accused the Democrats of joining forces with Hollywood, carrying out various conspiracies in order to undermine Trump’s popularity. Reporting for Vesti Nedeli from Washington, Mikhail Antonov used the term “the Cold War,” a fraught rhetorical twist to describe the clash between Trump and the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.
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Yeah...it's called co-existing and living in peace. It seems the left in the US wants to start another cold war with Russia.
Have yet to see how Russia has helped Trump, since interfering in the 2016 election and changing votes charges have been debunked.
Actually Russian interference has been proven. But right wing propaganda keeps lying so its low information audience believes whatever Trump wants them to think.
Wow NT lets this be used as a news source?
Shouldn't this be put under Satire?
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It's called PROPAGANDA!
We hear for three years from the Democrats what unrivaled liars and manipulators the Russians are. But they put out an article saying something the Democrats want to hear and suddenly it's "Listen to these guys! They are speaking important truths!"
You're kidding, right?
I wonder what was discussed and agreed to ( if anything ) at Helsinki? The body language and mannerisms of Putin and Trump as they exited the room revealed something not normal.
The wisest political move for Zelensky would be to interact with Trump as a 'fair weather friend' at best.
As far as Lavrov, he is a professional political manipulator and Trump is a manipulated non-professional.
You have no idea of what you are talking about.
Still pushing your Helsinki conspiracy theory?
LMMFAO!
Can you get back to us when you have some FACTS--not "feelings" about what you GUESS went on? Give us a little something more than "body language" interpretations!
Say, are you a body language expert? What are your qualifications?
Somebody flipped him of once and he got the message.
That is the problem. There aren't any facts. It is a secret known to only Trump and Putin. The US translator was ordered to surrender her notes and not speak of anything said in the meeting by the US president. And you do not find that...…...odd?
Perhaps you don't. And that would certainly explain that, wouldn't it?
And here you were talking about being more responsible. I guess you could'nt help yourself. Discussions with Russia are always complicated and tedious. Here is your Obama-Medvedev 'moment.'
Obama tells Medvedev he will have "more flexibility" after election
I agree, which is why I wonder why you are so full of speculation and guesses, and woefully short on ANY facts to back your absurd claims up.
You are always good for a laugh. After all, I love a good unfounded, blathering conspiracy theory!
You mean it's possible to have an "innocuous exchange" with a Russian? Or is that only for Democrats?
You're welcome! For the truth-for a good work, I do not condemn President Donald Trump. He is HIRED to serve all the citizens. It is when he is being a selfish, bombastic, lying, dishonest leader that violates truth, life, and the 'American Way' that I stick it to his rank ASS.
I hope we have an understanding about what 'trips' me with President Trump now. Nobody in their right mind should condemn another person for doing a good and righteous deed for all the people.
What do you think, Taco? Form an opinion, not a jeer, and come back.
I felt it would be more polite and respectful to ask a question (like I did) and let you answer it rather than form an opinion for someone else.
You would not be forming any opinion for me to answer your questions. Nothing in life is simply for one side or the other.
Didn't the Steele dossier teach you guys not to believe propaganda?
Some of them still think it's true.
Why don't you specifically point out all of the parts that have been proven untrue.
Heck, since you all lost your bootstraps, here is something to read. Its not all cut and dried, and there is plenty of meat. Not all corroborated, but not disproven either. Over time it will come out, when Trump can't stop the flow of information.
"The dossier said the "Russian regime had been behind the recent leak of embarrassing e-mail messages, emanating from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to the WikiLeaks platform."
Proven.
"The dossier said that in return for Russia's help in dumping hacked emails damaging to the Clinton campaign, the "TRUMP team had agreed to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a campaign issue and to raise US/NATO defence commitments in the Baltics and Eastern Europe to deflect attention away from Ukraine, a priority for PUTIN who needed to cauterize the subject."
The "well-developed conspiracy of cooperation between [the Trump campaign] and the Russian leadership was managed on the Trump side by the Republican candidate's campaign manager, Paul Manafort," the dossier added. In July 2016, while Manafort was still leading the campaign, a change was made to the Republican Party's platform on Ukraine."
Proven.
The dossier claimed that Russian agents were attempting to cultivate high level sources including Michael Flynn. Flynn of course plead guilty to lying to investigators about his call with Kislyak where he was telling the Russian ambassador not to worry about the new sanctions the Obama administration had just put in place in response to Russia's election meddling and that the new administration would discard them asap so there was no reason for Russia to retaliate.
Proven.
Much of the dossier was about Paul Manafort and virtually every claim the dossier made about him was proven accurate. He was taking money from pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarchs, he was deep in debt to Russian entities at the time he offered to work for free as Trumps campaign manager. He is now serving time for a litany of financial crimes including providing confidential polling data to pro-Russian oligarch Kilimnik as the dossier had alleged.
Proven.
Okay, so the pee tape wasn't ever proved and Cohens trip to Prague may not have happened (though Cohen admitted it was planned and he was working on the Trump Tower Moscow project as the dossier rightly claimed). Other than that, as lawfareblog claims, "The dossier holds up well over time, and none of it, to our knowledge, has been disproven. The dossier is actually a series of reports—16 in all—that total 35 pages. Written in 2016, the dossier is a collection of raw intelligence. Steele neither evaluated nor synthesized the intelligence. He neither made nor rendered bottom-line judgments. The dossier is, quite simply and by design, raw reporting, not a finished intelligence product."
All the right wing noise about it being "fake" is just that, ignorant plug their ears and hum a song white noise so they can't hear the truth they desperately don't want to accept. What a sad may to live. I almost feel sorry for them, but then I see another mullet cow with a shirt that reads "Trump can Grab me by the pussy!" in scrawled sharpie and I realize they simply aren't worth any empathy.
That's why they watch Hannity and the other Fox entertainers and take them seriously. Why would anyone choose to listen to a liar rather than looking for facts? As you said, they desperately don't want to accept the truth.
Wow! Steele included some publicly available information in his reports!
But one must ask, why have you cited only outdated click bait and partisan summaries and ignored the recent, comprehensive authority on the subject, the IG report?
An honest person looking to assess the credibility of the dossier would simply cite the IG report. But this is one of those tells that reveal alot about a person's intellecual honesty. Those who still defend the Steele dossier or claim Trump colluded with Russia are simply wignut conspiracy theorists, like 9/11 truthers.
Still waiting for your proof. What specifically is disproven? DP cited a lot of facts from the dossier.
Lol, you giving 'bootstraps' definition?
Why don't you start by looking up how the right uses it?
It is obvious that some people just cannot bring themselves to admit that the Horowitz report totally shreds the alleged veracity of the Steele Document. Even if they have actually read it, they are terrified that they might have to change their viewpoints and opinions. Many would rather chew on a mouthful of maggots than admit that thatvthe right was correct and that they were lied to by their liberal media and political masters.
The Horowitz report doesn't shred anything. It identified areas of concern in the fisa process and mistakes made. It didn't disprove the Steele information. The dossier is a collection of information, and plenty has been corroborated, not all but much of it, and it didn't impact the opening of the case. Which was rightly opened. The problems were in the application process and that is legitimately a problem. But nothing that vindicates Trump. Barr's fake investigations show that he knows it doesn't. The right keeps repeating Trump lies and trying to deflect from Trump's crimes.
You don't think the IG detailing how Steele's sources told the FBI that Steele misrepresented/made up the information Steele claims they told him disproves Steele's information? Have some pride.
Steele collected information, he didn't make up anything. He got information from various sources and it was handed over to Fusion GPS who commissioned it. It was raw data, information.
Please read the report. His own sources deny providing him with the information that Steele claimed they did. This is all documented in the report.
Thank you for proving my point.
Seems like much of it was unsubstantiated bullshit. Which the FBI failed to inform the FISA court of. Anything and everything in that Steele dossier is suspect.
Yep.
Well, of course Russian media wants to spin the picture. The reality is that Sergey Lavrov is standing in the position of faithful manservant.
That is the way I took it as well. Surprised some White House staffer didn't hand him a clean white towel and gloves to cap it off.
Like maybe 30 seconds after this shot, the guy served Trump tea.
It's a weird photo just because of the composition. It looks more like a snapshot taken before or after the real photo they were planning on using.
As for what it means, if you're so inclined, you make up any shit you want. Which of course is exactly what people did. Big surprise!
Actually, that is a cardboard cutout of Lavrov strategically placed at just that spot by White House staff for effect....
Ha! It does look like that.
"Russia’s State TV Calls Trump Their ‘Agent’"
Why does the "Left" keep believing what Russia says ?
And Trump is the "Agent" ?
Gosh… I read the following in the article:
"Appearing on Sunday Evening With Vladimir Soloviev , Mikhail Gusman, first deputy director general of ITAR-TASS, Russia’s oldest and largest news agency, predicted : “Sooner or later, the Democrats will come back into power."
Russia "NEEDS" the Democrats back in power !
Frankly, democrats don't care what Russia needs. However, you are spinning a delusion anyway. Trump still attempting to get Putin over for a visit to the White House?
Sure they do !
Democrats "USE" whatever the Russians say against Trump....whenever they can !
Again I'll put this up:
"Appearing on Sunday Evening With Vladimir Soloviev , Mikhail Gusman, first deputy director general of ITAR-TASS, Russia’s oldest and largest news agency, predicted : “Sooner or later, the Democrats will come back into power."
Do you deny what the "Russians" Said ?
Besides....Democrats have "Donuted" with Putin.....quite a few times !
You're spinning. And more to the point - YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU ARE SPINNING.
And, of course, democrats will use whatever they can get THAT IS USEFUL and proves itself out against Trump and anybody else accordingly. So cut the crap that somehow and in some meaningful way, truth usage is "problematic."
Why the heaven would I deny that 'sooner or later the Democrats will come back into power'? Democrats will. And similarly the way the perpetual pendulum works so will Republicans. —Those are facts, It Is Me, not incriminations!
You have got to stop whatever it is you are doing, because context is your friend.
….to "Further" their next election bid.
Funny how "Whatever Is Useful"....is only a good thing for the "Left".
"Why the heaven would I deny that 'sooner or later the Democrats will come back into power'?"
Because "Russians" said so !
That word, "useful" usually means "based on truth" to people of good will. I won't tell you what that says about where your mind is. But all that said: This is getting tedious. Ta-ta for now.
"Clown" and 'blow smoke' with you later,
CB
No....it doesn't "Usually"... Mean that .....when it comes to politics. (I won't tell you what that says about where your mind is.) if that's what you think !
Of course, because he is their agent, whether knowingly or not. A shady businessman, New York tycoon, Hollywood celebrity reality show host was never going to have a clue about serving the American people. He serves himself only and often other foreign adversaries reap the benefits of his self serving agenda.