President-elect Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Monday phone call that he looked forward to a “strong and enduring” relationship with Russia.
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team released a readout Monday afternoon of Trump’s call with Putin.
“President-elect Trump noted to President Putin that he is very much looking forward to having a strong and enduring relationship with Russia and the people of Russia,” the campaign wrote.
Formal readout of Trump/Putin call. Trump told Putin “he looks forward to strong, enduring relationship with Russia.” pic.twitter.com/bUlqGOPQ9K
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 14, 2016
The Kremlin said Putin expressed readiness to build a “partner-like” dialogue with Trump’s future administration and called for “constructive cooperation on a broad range of issues,” according to the New York Times.
According to a Reuters translation of the Kremlin’s statement, Trump and Putin agreed to “combine efforts to tackle international terrorism and extremism.”
The Kremlin called for a “return to pragmatic, mutually beneficial cooperation, which would address the interests of both countries as well as stability and safety the world over,” according to the same report.
Trump and Putin will seek to meet in person and remain in contact by phone in the meantime, as noted by Reuters.
Translation: he is going to let Putin do w/e he wants.
Putin (To Trump): I think you have too many Jews in your country. They control too much.
Trump: You think so.
Bannon: We are no it. Too many people of color. I will take care of it.
From Kopin Tan in Barron’s this week:
Last week the Standard & Poor’s 500 index jumped to within 1% of its all-time high, but don’t mistake the unwinding of a pre-election crouch for enduring optimism. Election uncertainty is behind us, but ahead lies an unpredictable administration. Trump will become the first protectionist in the White House since Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, and we know how that turned out.
Then again, Trump has never been a fan of history books that didn’t feature him. Sure, President Trump’s small hands may never get around to all the things promised by Candidate Trump’s big mouth, but it’s premature to laud his so-called pro-business policies—with their scant policy details. Rich valuations, tightening monetary policies, and terrorism are all tougher challenges than a TV audience.
Meanwhile, Trump’s win was welcomed by at least one foreign leader—and no, it’s not Vladimir Putin. “A more isolationist stance, and his apparently transactional attitude toward longstanding U.S. relationships, hands the edge to China in the battle for regional influence,” says Gavekal Dragonomics’ Arthur Kroeber. China wants to be a global superpower, and President Xi Jinping is building overland and maritime trade routes linking the Middle Kingdom to the world. Such checkbook diplomacy faces less opposition the more America looks inward.
He looked in Putin’s eyes, saw his soul, then put Vlad’s dick back in his mouth.
Left out of the call transcript was Putin’s mention of 100 acres of prime development land directly adjacent to Lake Baikal. It can be had for a very good price…