Thread by @dcpoll

No one at the WH knew the call had taken place. US officials, who had to rely on Trump’s memory to produce a public readout, urged Trump to route all conversations with foreign leaders through the Situation Room, AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL RECORDS LAW [which he 100% ignores].
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https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1015413884843261952

WH officials worry that Putin plays on Trump's lack of knowledge while stoking his grievances. Trump bullies other foreign leaders but is conciliatory w/ Putin, treating him as a confidant. “What do you think I should do about North Korea?” he asked Putin in Nov 2017. WOW
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Putin complains to Trump about “fake news” & laments that the “deep state” [US foreign policy establishment] is conspiring against them: “It’s not us. It’s the subordinates fighting against our friendship.”
Trump is so easy. And super treason-y.
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1015432944859713537

Last month, Trump called for Russia to be readmitted to the #G7, from which it was expelled after invading Crimea – an invasion Trump now defends. In March, Trump told PUTIN that his own US officials who tried to prevent the DO NOT CONGRATULATE call were "stupid people."
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