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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    no they do not. Congress is not head of state.
    Closed door meeting are routine by heads of state
    They are not routine between POTUS and the leaders of enemy nations.

    Name one private, closed door meeting between another President and a Russian or Soviet leader.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    They are not routine with the leaders of enemy nations.

    Name one private, closed door meeting between another President and a Russian or Soviet leader.
    What Goes on Behind Closed Summit Doors?
    The media frenzy leading up to Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington yesterday painted the stakes as being high—extremely high in some cases. Yet the headlines since the summit have focused primarily on technical malfunctions rather than the political implications of the meeting between the world's two most powerful leaders. What really went on behind closed doors? Could things have taken a disastrous turn? How much room was there for actual negotiation?
    https://bigthink.com/think-tank/what...d-summit-doors

    Honestly I've never thought about ti. I think Gorbachev /Reagan was too.

    But the idea is to let the leaders talk without fear of leaks/politics

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    Why is Trump having a private, closed door meeting with the leader of a foreign country that is our arch nemesis to begin with?

    Congress has a right to know what was discussed there.

    It's time for Congressional leaders to start having private, closed door meetings about what they can do about Trump.
    russia is not our arch nemesis. China is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lesh View Post
    It would defeat the point of making secret agreements...which is a bit of a problem...ya think?
    maybe he should have waited till after the election when he had more flexibility.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tsuke View Post
    russia is not our arch nemesis. China is.
    If that's true, then Russia runs a close second.

    But really, the two are different types of nemeses. China is more of an economic adversary while Russia is more of a political adversary.

    Can't really compare them on a one to one basis.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    everytime I give up on you as a hopeless case your common sense shines thru

    https://www.meritalk.com/articles/ho...er-ip-threats/
    his opening statement, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the committee, made a motion to subpoena the interpreter used during President Trump’s recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. After a brief Robert’s Rules of Order-style back and forth with committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the hearing was put into recess and Schiff’s motion was voted down.

    After the hearing returned to its original topic, both legislators and witnesses dug into the threats China poses to the United States and how the Federal government can combat those threats and
    protect U.S. interests.
    Strikes me as sheer Kabuki theater...standard political posturing.

    The Dems knew the Republicans would never allow the subpoena of an interpreter, but as a political matter they want to seem like they are trying to get Trump and Putin's private conversation on the record.

    I have a feeling the senior senators and representatives in Congress all realize that an interpreter has to be allowed to maintain absolute discretion.

    Plenty of things worth investigating about Trump. Hauling an interpreter in front of congress is not one of them, in my opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lesh View Post
    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b0de86f48ac6d5

    Putin says agreements were made. Trump refuses to talk about it.

    The GOP is beginning to look they they are in league with Russia as well as Trump

    Maybe it was all that Russian money funneled thru the NRA
    Perhaps the GOP feels that it's better if Don can't understand what Putin is saying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    Strikes me as sheer Kabuki theater...standard political posturing.

    The Dems knew the Republicans would never allow the subpoena of an interpreter, but as a political matter they want to seem like they are trying to get Trump and Putin's private conversation on the record.

    I have a feeling the senior senators and representatives in Congress all realize that an interpreter has to be allowed to maintain absolute discretion.

    Plenty of things worth investigating about Trump. Hauling an interpreter in front of congress is not one of them, in my opinion.
    If it makes Trump look even shadier and sneakier in the eyes of the public than he already does then it's worth the effort.

    The repubs would certainly do it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    Why is Trump having a private, closed door meeting with the leader of a foreign country that is our arch nemesis to begin with?

    Congress has a right to know what was discussed there.

    It's time for Congressional leaders to start having private, closed door meetings about what they can do about Trump.
    Absolutely

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    no translator's notes until we see Jimmy Carter's tax returns......

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    no translator's notes until we see Jimmy Carter's tax returns......
    Clearly you felt you needed to cockblock this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    If that's true, then Russia runs a close second.

    But really, the two are different types of nemeses. China is more of an economic adversary while Russia is more of a political adversary.

    Can't really compare them on a one to one basis.
    ask the littoral states of east Asia if China is an adversary.
    China has declared they will supplant us as a military superpower ( this is the century America fades)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    If that's true, then Russia runs a close second.

    But really, the two are different types of nemeses. China is more of an economic adversary while Russia is more of a political adversary.

    Can't really compare them on a one to one basis.
    of course you can. China is an actual threat russia isnt.
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    Why do Democrats think they should get free access to everything?

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