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    Exclusive: Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April - sources

    Don't this just beat all? The Putin Quid pro quo has already begun!

    By Arshad Mohammed and John Walcott | WASHINGTON

    U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip a meeting with NATO foreign ministers next month in order to stay home for a visit by China's president and will go to Russia later in April, U.S. officials said on Monday, disclosing an itinerary that allies may see as giving Moscow priority over them.

    Tillerson intends to miss what would have been his first meeting of the 28 NATO allies on April 5-6 in Brussels so that he can attend President Donald Trump's expected April 6-7 talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, four current and former U.S. officials said.

    Skipping the NATO meeting and visiting Moscow could risk feeding a perception that Trump may be putting U.S. dealings with big powers first, while leaving waiting those smaller nations that depend on Washington for security, two former U.S. officials said.

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    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN16S04I

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    You may want to read "Negotiating 101." You obviously have no clue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by texan View Post
    You may want to read "Negotiating 101." You obviously have no clue.
    I miss many a Trumpkin point .. do mansplain!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bo-4 View Post
    Don't this just beat all? The Putin Quid pro quo has already begun!

    By Arshad Mohammed and John Walcott | WASHINGTON

    U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip a meeting with NATO foreign ministers next month in order to stay home for a visit by China's president and will go to Russia later in April, U.S. officials said on Monday, disclosing an itinerary that allies may see as giving Moscow priority over them.

    Tillerson intends to miss what would have been his first meeting of the 28 NATO allies on April 5-6 in Brussels so that he can attend President Donald Trump's expected April 6-7 talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, four current and former U.S. officials said.

    Skipping the NATO meeting and visiting Moscow could risk feeding a perception that Trump may be putting U.S. dealings with big powers first, while leaving waiting those smaller nations that depend on Washington for security, two former U.S. officials said.

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    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN16S04I
    Maybe this is why;

    "Russia and China are displaying the highest level of military cooperation in three decades, posing an escalated threat to the United States and its allies, according to a government report released Monday."

    http://freebeacon.com/national-secur...e-decade-high/

    Meetings with Russian heads of state seems a bit more important considering.
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    Mods - Exo beat me to another one - please merge

    http://thepoliticalforums.com/thread...l-visit-Russia

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    If I am negotiating with a party and they are having a meeting I may choose to not attend. In this case it sets a tone and sends a message that we are serious. I am certain that we have had discussion with them and are making a point. I don't see how this is a problem at all! Only you regurgitating $hit from left wing sites can find a problem in everything Trump does right down to breathing.

    When you yell the sky is falling enough times people start to ignore you......Bo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hanger4 View Post
    Maybe this is why; Meetings with Russian heads of state seems a bit more important considering.
    Not after the pounding Trump and his puppet master Bannon have given the UN and NATO for weeks now.

    Much unease amongst our allies - I'm sure T Rex could have don a workaround on China and Russia.
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    Quote Originally Posted by texan View Post
    If I am negotiating with a party and they are having a meeting I may choose to not attend. In this case it sets a tone and sends a message that we are serious. I am certain that we have had discussion with them and are making a point. I don't see how this is a problem at all! Only you regurgitating $hit from left wing sites can find a problem in everything Trump does right down to breathing.

    When you yell the sky is falling enough times people start to ignore you......Bo.
    Oh okay - Freaking REUTERS is left wing fake news too.

    Check!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bo-4 View Post
    Not after the pounding Trump and his puppet master Bannon have given the UN for weeks now.

    Much unease amongst our allies - I'm sure T Rex could have don a workaround on China and Russia.
    The UN is irrelevant concerning your/Reuters OP. It's a NATO meeting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hanger4 View Post
    The UN is irrelevant concerning your/Reuters OP. It's a NATO meeting.
    Good catch - I guess both are irrelevant in Trumplandia

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