cancel2 2022 (07-20-2018)
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cancel2 2022 (07-20-2018)
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
Stretch (07-19-2018)
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.
anatta (07-19-2018), Fentoine Lum (07-19-2018)
cancel2 2022 (07-20-2018)
no translator's notes until we see Jimmy Carter's tax returns......
cancel2 2022 (07-20-2018)
Why do Democrats think they should get free access to everything?
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tsuke (07-19-2018)
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