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| The Putin-Trump news conference that made Netanyahu smile |
| 2018-07-17 |
| [Jerusalem Post] The Democrats hated Monday’s news conference between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin; even some Republicans cringed when Trump said he believed Putin’s denial of involvement in the 2016 US election over what his own intelligence agencies maintain; and many Europeans leaders surely recoiled at the US president appearing so cozy with a man they view as a real and present threat. But one man who was definitely pleased at what he saw at that extraordinary news conference in Helsinki on Monday was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. No, his pleasure had nothing to do with the two leaders’ answers to the questions about the alleged election collusion, or their discussion about how they will deal with their competition in the field of gas and oil. Netanyahu was pleased because his full-court diplomatic press leading up to this meeting ‐ a diplomatic campaign that brought him to Moscow last week for less than 24 hours, and included a phone conversation with Trump on Saturday ‐ paid off. There, at a news conference being watched by the whole world, both leaders ‐ both! ‐ acknowledged Israel’s security concerns in Syria and the need to address them. Big dogs minding the fact that it's the little dog's yard - and, actually, it's not so little |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #2 Oh, you mean "Bibi".... |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2018-07-17 18:52 |
| #1 Possible scenario: POTUS to Bolton: John, how do we handle this upcoming meet with Putin ? Bolton to POTUS: You've seen my comments on Netanyahu's series of meetings with Putin right ? POTUS to Bolton: Yea, ok, I got it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-07-17 05:17 |