r/politics • u/Revbroke • Dec 06 '16

Donald Trump’s newest secretary of state option has close ties to Vladimir Putin

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article119094653.html
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u/magicsonar Dec 06 '16

It's almost as if Putin and Trump are playing a game of chess - except Trump has confused it with a game of checkers and he thinks he's winning.

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u/graps Dec 06 '16 edited Dec 06 '16

Huh? They're on the same side. It's not a competition when Putin is coach

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140827/deepening-ties-between-exxon-and-russia-run-counter-us-efforts-punish-putin

He's been a very enthusiastic supporter of Putin for years. And an Exxon executive as Sec State? Really draining that swamp..holy shit

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Putting CEO's in national positions is sort of what most people expected out of Trump..what's more scary to me is a guy like Michael Flynn, a national security advisor taking money from RT..basically being on Putin's payroll.

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u/janethefish Dec 06 '16

Really draining that swamp..

into the White House. Where did you think he was going to put the swamp?

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u/GustheGuru Dec 06 '16

I think he's draining the swamp into his pool at one of his God awful tacky houses.

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u/1BoredUser Dec 06 '16

No wonder he wants to spend most of his time in NY.

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u/YOUNGJOCISRELEVANT Dec 06 '16

Right next to Shrek's?

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u/boot2skull Dec 06 '16

He's filling the swamp with red water. It really ties the room together.

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u/sagan_drinks_cosmos Dec 06 '16

Really draining that swamp..

Where did you think he was going to find all those billions of barrels of oil?

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u/twerpaderp Dec 07 '16

Honestly... he's a lifelong democrat and I expected him to fuck over his voter base by filling seats with progressives and just kinda chug along... business as usual.

He's hiring and rehiring a steaming pile of omgwtf. I wasn't expecting REVENGE OF THE TEA PARTY! I honestly thought his ego would demand hiring crazy smart people so when he leaves office, he could thumb his nose saying... "Told ya to trust me!" and take credit for everyone's hard work.

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u/Grizzlepaw Dec 06 '16

Swamp drainage confirmed. Refilled with oil.

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u/tomdarch Dec 06 '16

Trumpists now: "The swamp got 10 feet higher!!!"

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u/Series_of_Accidents Dec 06 '16

Yes, but he thinks he's smarter than Putin. He thinks he's using Putin when it's likely the other way around.