sanctions were Russia’s primary reason for shepherding Trump into the presidential race and rigging the election in his favor. Existing U.S. sanctions against Russia have already personally cost Vladimir Putin billions of dollars. He thought his meddling could get those sanctions lifted. Instead it prompted Congress to pass even tougher sanctions in bipartisan fashion.
Trump is refusing to implement those sanctions, even though he signed the bill into law, because his No. 1 job as a Russian puppet in the White House is to fight against sanctions as hard as he can. But “sanctions” sound like something from a civics class, and the media just can’t make the general public care, so it’s getting precious little coverage, even though it’s the centerpiece of the Trump-Russia scandal.
Xavier Sanchez
There is nothing wrong with sanctioning Russia, I think we need to sanction China and Germany too
Blake Davis
Why don't we sanction israel for bribing all of our politicians for the last five decades instead?
Burn in hell, kike
Dominic Lee
Israel should be recolonized
Blake Barnes
Just because they're white doesn't mean it's ok to be a xenophobic bigot, m'kay?
Jonathan Myers
Sanctions are an Act of war,
Nathaniel Parker
Dividing and conquering a first world country by use of their own social media and free-flowing internet is an Art of war.
Anthony Jackson
>muh Russia Please kill yourself, kike rube. You are a fucking moron.
Austin Bailey
Posting on twitter isn't an act of war sweetie.
Easton Garcia
>Existing U.S. sanctions against Russia have already personally cost Vladimir Putin billions of dollars. Bullshit. provide believable source
Joshua Allen
Putin is the world's moral compass. Without him, the world is lost
Ethan Edwards
The internet belongs to the world. If facebook wanted to range-ban Russia they could do it at any time.
Blake White
>muh Russia
If Russia could actually fix the US election, then the country deserves to fail.
Christian Foster
>believing this without a hint of irony whatsoever
Hudson Price
>Posting on twitter What an oversimplified to fuck version of one of the best divisions of power we've seen in centuries. Historical texts will reflect the US and it's entire populous as being divided by use of its own social media, EN MASSE. Not just Twitter, "sweetie".
Heavy planning and decades of social engineering went into this. You're right about sanctions, to an extent. First world countries wage war in the nuclear age with economics and political proxy. How do you conquer the most powerful country on the planet? Make it eat itself alive.
Jason Wood
>The internet belongs to the world. My bad, I didn't realize most tech companies existed outside of the US lmao. You're not very educated in this whole tech department, are you? Time to join the 21st.
Daniel Barnes
HAHAHHAHAHAHHAH
Putin is a corrupt thug who has stolen all the wealth from Russians while the russian people eat buckwheat and cabbage for tea, all he cares about is himself and his bodyguards
he has 2.5 trillion personal wealth, more than Arabs and Jews combined.
but yeah keep believing RT /sg and all the other Kremlin propaganda
Daniel Cox
Should have checked your flag before posting, you annoying Aussie cunt
Wyatt Wright
Don't forget, some people actually admire the corrupt.
Adam Garcia
yeah, like who?
Jaxson Green
this guy for one.. Oh and anyone who admires almost any politician.
Caleb Brooks
>let's isolate our country's internet from the rest of the world
Another thing libs and KJU have in common
Mason Morgan
Actually, the Russians love the sanctions. Agriculture has revived as well as industry. There was a bit of hardship like that they couldn’t get cheeses and shit, so they started making their own.
They also reoriented away from the west and to China, making the whole sanctions thing a strategic catastrophe for America.
Finally, the only proof ever presented about Putin’s billions is that a NYT reporter saw him wearing an expensive “looking” watch.
The Russians thought Hillary was going to win and that is what they hedged for, the millions to the Clinton Foundation and whatnot.
Trust me, they don’t give a fuck about sanctions because sanctions don’t work. Except against the strategic interests of America.
Luis James
Hillary supporters.
Zachary Perry
>Putin is a corrupt thug who has stolen all the wealth from Russians while the russian people eat buckwheat and cabbage for tea, all he cares about is himself and his bodyguards >he has 2.5 trillion personal wealth, more than Arabs and Jews combined. >but yeah keep believing RT /sg and all the other Kremlin propaganda Lies, lies and lies again You fucking bozo lol. The United States with their Puppet Yeltsin destroyed and bankrupted the country. Putin has re-built it, much to the chagrin of twats like yourself.
Elijah Richardson
Putin is one of pol's heroes, second only to Trump and Hitler
Maybe comes from all the pol shilling Putin does with his shill army
Cameron Powell
Legit sure that threads like these are created by Russian goverment shills. Instead of promoting healthy discourse they're trying to create a stark contrast between your typical "pro-Hillary anti-Russia anti-Trump Shareblue shill" and "Putin who dindunuffin".
>Actually, the Russians love the sanctions. Wow, can't wait for someone from Hong Kong to tell me what do Russians like.
Dominic Cook
>heir Puppet Yeltsin destroyed and bankrupted the country. Putin has re-built it, much to the chagrin of
wow Putin doesnt like his shilling to be so obvious, maybe you are drinking on the job at the Moscow shill factory?
Jose Flores
Why should you care about a black stranger impregnating your wife instead of you, goy? Sperm is sperm. We are all human. Now raise that man's child!
Carson Morgan
>let's isolate our country's internet from the rest of the world Nah, nothing you could do to stop it. It happened way to quick for school to teach kids how to use logic, reason, and common sense when dealing with fake news. I'm sure we'll try though, but I still see the divide getting stronger in the next couple years.
Just wait til video can be manipulated with AI to the point of near perfection. Brave New World was right, we can't stop the free flow of information from drowning us all.
Jeremiah Gutierrez
I am not shilling mate. I am just stating an obvious reality.
Noah Peterson
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Matthew Peterson
this. American media pundits daily profess puzzlement about why our politics is so polarized and there is so much rancor and hatred between the parties. Putin must find that terribly risible.
Jordan Collins
>It happened way to quick for school to teach kids how to use logic, reason, and common sense when dealing with fake news. >no one lied on the internet before 2016
It's morons like you who've kept the herbal viagra salesmen and Nigerian princes going for the last 30 years.
I bet you thought you really were the 10,000,000th visitor to that site, too.
Jacob James
Putin makes his money from gas sold to the EU. The U.S. isn't involved. Russia is an energy state. That's why it bribed Clinton for uranium. To corner the energy market.
Nathaniel Flores
>implying it wasn't a decades-long premeditated divide and conquer tactic The US right vs left in its entirety is sheer genius when it comes to conditioning a population to go against its own citizens.
>no one lied on the internet before 2016 People have been lying on the internet forever, it's the social media of this decade that made people more open and gullible. People in the 90s were taught not to talk to strangers, or get in random peoples cars, and hide your name and address. People of today blatantly put their shit all over the internet, their entire life. They ride in random peoples cars, they believe what people say.
I can't tell if you're a fucking idiot or have been living under a rock for 20 years.
Isaiah Jackson
>Putin has re-built it, much to the chagrin of twats like yourself. Like fuck he rebuilt it. He basically did three things: put funds into army, kept pumping resources like oil and let the free market do the rest. That's why we weren't ready for the first batch of shitty sanctions related to agriculture and that's why rouble is heavily correlated with the price of oil.
Aaron Perez
You are shilling. There are legit reasons to like Putin, but he’s clearly corrupt. Even if you just take just his watches and suits alone, they make mockery of his salary and declared wealth.
I don’t care if you want to embrace the guy but to say he isn’t corrupt is shilling or stupidity.
Hudson Gomez
Globally reported. Get the fuck off the internet you leftist scum.
Chase Bell
Oh and trust me, the Nigerian princes and herbal bullshit scams are going to get a lot worse. Scammers are going to get a lot more sophisticated with help of new tech and new leaks. It's not going to be 12-year-old educated retards writing emails, people will be spearfishing and holding your entire life along your ssn in their hands while doing it. Scams will become more of a blackmail than a trick. Like ransomware on crack.
James Jones
Lmao pol can't even handle one contrarian opinion even if it's entirely correct
Ethan Reed
The International Cyber Police have the van ready now! This is one of the officers. Do not fuck with them!
Jack Gutierrez
They like shopping in HK.
John Walker
Hmm, sounds scary. Better kill yourself just to be on the safe side.
Eli Martinez
total shill thread
>rigging the election in his favor
you actually have to have some proof for that. You think you're in redditland?
Camden Gomez
Did you ever hear of Magnitsky Act, OP? Those were a set of sanctions against Russian officials for human rights violations. The oligarchs didn't like them so they hired a US firm to get them repealed. You might of heard of the US outfit, Fusion GPS. Anyway did Donald Trump, secret Russian lizard-person ever repeal those? No, he didn't. Did he refuse to enact sanctions based on the Steele Dossier he knows is bullshit? Yeah, he shut that shit down.
David Rodriguez
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pol's Sage patrol was too slow for once for some reason
Austin Jenkins
Oh, I'll be fine. But good luck user, I'd say take your own advice, but you're too weak to do it hahaha
Joseph Hall
Thats true. He gets all the money while 75% of Russia looks like cities from Fallout games
Logan Gray
his underlings met with Kislyak about repealing Magnitsky and promised him it would happen'
Trump cant just 'repeal' it himself comrade, unlike in your country
Ian Thomas
Well if Jeff Sessions is the key to Trump/Russia then why hasn't Mueller subpoenaed him? Hint: It's because you are full of shit.