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Moose & Squirrel v Boris & Natasha: what's the deal with the rooskies and trumpland?


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Donald Trump received millions of dollars from a political adviser to the United Arab Emirates last April, just weeks before he began handing out a series of large political donations to U.S. lawmakers considering legislation targeting Qatar, the UAE’s chief rival in the Persian Gulf, an Associated Press investigation has found.

 

George Nader, an adviser to the UAE who is now a witness in the U.S. special counsel investigation into foreign meddling in American politics, wired $2.5 million to the Trump fundraiser, Elliott Broidy, through a company in Canada, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. They said Nader paid the money to Broidy to bankroll an effort to persuade the U.S. to take a hard line against Qatar, a long-time American ally but now a bitter adversary of the UAE.

 

A month after he received the money, Broidy sponsored a conference on Qatar’s alleged ties to Islamic extremism. During the event, Republican Congressman Ed Royce of California, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced he was introducing legislation that would brand Qatar as a terrorist-supporting state.

 

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BRITAIN - Expelled 23 Russians alleged to have worked as spies under diplomatic cover. Promised to freeze any Russian state assets that “may be used to threaten the life or property of UK nationals or residents”.

UNITED STATES - Expelling 60 Russians, including 12 intelligence officers from Russia’s mission to U.N. headquarters in New York. Closing Russian consulate in Seattle.

CANADA - Expelling four Russians alleged to have worked as spies or interfered in Canadian affairs under diplomatic cover. Denying three applications for Russian diplomatic staff.

FRANCE - Expelling four diplomats

GERMANY - Expelling four diplomats

POLAND - Expelling four diplomats

ITALY - Expelling two diplomats

LITHUANIA - Expelling three diplomats

CZECH REPUBLIC - Expelling three diplomats

NETHERLANDS - Expelling two diplomats

DENMARK - Expelling two diplomats

LATVIA - Expelling one diplomat

ESTONIA - Expelling one diplomat

FINLAND - Expelling one diplomat

UKRAINE - Expelling 13 Russian diplomats

 

RUSSIAN RESPONSE:

BRITAIN - Russia has expelled 23 British diplomats and closed the British consulate in St Petersburg and the British Council cultural body.

OTHERS - Moscow will expel at least 60 staff from U.S. diplomatic missions in Russia, RIA news agency quoted Russian senator Vladimir Dzhabarov as saying.

RIA also quoted an unnamed Foreign Ministry source as saying: “The response will be symmetrical. We will work on it in the coming days and will respond to every country in turn.”

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5 hours ago, visionary said:

 

 

Well, actually, he does.  Virtually every time.  

 

It's just that sometimes he changes his mind after he sees what Fox & Friends says about it.  

 

3 hours ago, visionary said:

 

 

GOP fundraiser sues somebody over hacking/distributing stolen emails.  

 

Some serious irony, there.  

 

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