Russian officials believe President’s Trump’s decision to cancel a meeting with President Vladimir Putin may have been based on a “domestic political situation” — like Michael Cohen’s Thursday guilty plea — and not Russia’s actions after a naval clash with Ukraine last week, CNN reported, citing the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
During a press conference on Friday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova questioned President Trump’s rationale, which he explained in a tweet en route to the G-20 summit in Argentina on Thursday, about two hours after the Cohen news broke.
“Was the provocation organized by Kiev in this region the real reason for cancellation?” Zakharova reportedly said. “Publicly, we heard just such an explanation, we took note of it. Is this a reality?”
Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress when he said his work to pursue the development of a Trump Tower in Moscow ended in January 2016, admitting on Thursday that he spoke with Trump about the project throughout the 2016 election.
It’s never a good idea to cancel a meeting with your boss who is planning to discuss your end-of-the-year personnel evaluation…
Of course. Unlike Clown Car Corleone, they’re not stupid. He was just fine with Russia’s attack until the Muller investigation got a little too close.
Russia Doesn’t Buy Trump’s Excuse …
I can’t blame 'em. Toadglans is already bought and paid for. Everybody knows it. None more than Vlad the Inserter.
The question now is if and/or when they will make him pay for upsetting Master.
Heh. They’re trolling him the way he trolls everyone else. Sorta disrespectful. Even contemptuous. Perhaps he’ll take note of that and grind his teeth even more. Doubt he’ll complain, though. Weak! Sad.
Right, it is nothing Russia did, it is probably because of Spanky’s cowardice. The Russians have no compunction with discarding assets when they are no longer useful. I think Spanky might have exceeded his shelf life and dumping him will cause more chaos, which fits in nicely with their goals.