Trump joking with Putin over eliminating journalists is a betrayal of America. So is ignoring it.
6/29/19
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from The Washington Post,
6/28/19:
… what happened between the president of the United States and Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday will make a difference or change minds.
But it really should.
According to Bloomberg News reporter Jennifer Jacobs, who was traveling with the president to the G-20 summit in Osaka, Trump “bonded with Putin” over his scorn for journalists. She quoted their exchange in a tweet:
“Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn’t it?” Trump said. “You don’t have this problem in Russia, but we do.”
“We also have,” Putin answered, in English. “It’s the same.”
They then “shared a chuckle,” she reported.
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