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Putin 1, Trump 0                                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7/31/2017

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By Diana Nasman

Diana retired from Ohio State University (OSU) after teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to international undergrads and graduate students for 26 years. Before teaching at OSU,  she had taught at the Hamburg Fremdsprachen Schule in Hamburg, Germany. "Like many, " she writes, "I'm saddened, frustrated, and angry at the DT presidency."

​Putin 1, Trump 0
Richard Engel had an interesting segment on MSNBC last Friday.  He interviewed many Russians and Americans who know how Putin operates.  The end result was that Putin 's goal is to make Russia great again by 1) getting DT elected, 2) throwing our government into chaos, and 3) diminishing US power and respect throughout the world.  It looks like he's achieved his goals.
  
According to those interviewed, apparently the Russians purposefully set up meetings with Trump's transition team, aides, family....not to offer them anything, but knowing US intelligence would quickly get on it.  They dropped "crumbs" and DT's team followed.....a lot of smoke to turn the country into chaos,  maybe not much fire...maybe DT himself is providing the fire.
 
It's good Engel is leaving Moscow; I can't imagine that he'd survive there much longer.  His next Friday special, MSNBC 9 p.m. (Rachael's hour), will be from Beijing.
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