{"id":369524,"date":"2018-07-15T18:38:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T17:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/even-if-i-get-moscow-as-retribution-critics-will-say-its-not-good-enough\/"},"modified":"2018-07-15T18:38:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T17:38:59","slug":"even-if-i-get-moscow-as-retribution-critics-will-say-its-not-good-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/even-if-i-get-moscow-as-retribution-critics-will-say-its-not-good-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Even if I get Moscow as ‘retribution,’ critics will say it’s not good enough"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No matter how well his meeting with Vladimir Putin goes – and even if he was gifted the entire city of Moscow – the media and Democrats will say it’s not good enough, Trump tweeted before the one-on-one session.<\/p>\n

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The US president wrote on Sunday evening that he was on his way to Helsinki, and that he was “looking forward to meeting with President Putin tomorrow.” He went on to state that he knows what the response will be from the mainstream media and the left.<\/p>\n

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Heading to Helsinki, Finland \u2013 looking forward to meeting with President Putin tomorrow. Unfortunately, no matter how well I do at the Summit, if I was given the great city of Moscow as retribution for all of the sins and evils committed by Russia…<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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…over the years, I would return to criticism that it wasn\u2019t good enough \u2013 that I should have gotten Saint Petersburg in addition! Much of our news media is indeed the enemy of the people and all the Dems…<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Trump’s comment does indeed come amid speculation from politicians on both sides of the aisle – and the Atlantic – ahead of the meeting, as well as amid a frantic mainstream media landscape.<\/p>\n

The US establishment as well as at least some of Washington\u2019s western allies have, meanwhile, indeed spared no effort to prevent or at least to spoil the forthcoming summit. The US media are almost competing in providing their audience with most bizarre conspiracy theories about possible collusion between Trump and Putin an a renewed push to promote the narrative that has become increasingly threadbare over the last couple of years.<\/p>\n

The Democrats urged him not to meet alone with \u201ctrained KGB vet\u201d Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you insist on meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday, we write to urge that you include senior members of your team and not meet one-on-one with Mr Putin, as reportedly planned,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0a group of eight senators\u00a0wrote<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n