Yes, this is more or less where I am on Trump and the Russians: Trump is not a Russian agent, or taking orders from the Kremlin, but he is what intelligence agencies call a useful idiot: someone who has been manipulated to act in accordance with a foreign power's agenda

I believe he wanted Wikileaks to produce Hillary's emails. I wanted this also.

I think you mean the DNC emails (which revealed the earth-shattering scoop that the DNC had a mild disdain for Bernie), not "Hillary's emails." But the point is that he may have gone significantly beyond merely "wanting."

So let me ask more specifically. This is a purely hypothetical question. I'm not basing this off any actual event. Do you think it's OK for a U.S. political campaign to coordinate with the intelligence services of somewhat hostile foreign governments in order to commit crimes to commit crimes to gain advantage over other U.S. political campaigns? Is that OK as long "you want it?"

Again, purely hypothetical.

I can think of many reasons why US presidents' meetings with other world leaders have had detailed notes of them made, and indeed it has been standard protocol since Eisenhower.

Can anyone offer any reasons why Trump's first meeting with Putin in Hamburg in 2017 had only a US interpreter present, whose notes he confiscated afterwards and he then told them not to discuss details of the meeting with any US officials, while at the second meeting in Hamburg the only people present were Putin, Trump and Putin's interpreter?

Can anyone offer any reasons why Trump's first meeting with Putin in Hamburg in 2017 had only a US interpreter present, whose notes he confiscated afterwards and he then told them not to discuss details of the meeting with any US officials, while at the second meeting in Hamburg the only people present were Putin, Trump and Putin's interpreter?



But, but there's no proof.

Sincerely, Jim @ LOTO, MO, Bk, Duffy, ACE etc.