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The most important thing to remember about the upcoming #HelsinkiSummit, says @mikercarpenter, is the context under which the summit is being held—which is one of Putin's Russia continuing to act aggressively across the global stage.
Let's not forget that Russia is:

☑️ still meddling in upcoming elections, including the U.S. midterms
☑️ sponsoring disinformation campaigns around the world
☑️ bombing civilians in Syria
☑️ violating the Minsk agreement and the INF treaty
☑️ illegally occupying Crimea
Putin poses an active threat to global security, the safety and strength of our allies, and even to our very democracy.

Far from holding him accountable, Trump continues to embrace and make excuses for our most aggressive adversary.

The question remains: why?

#HelsinkiSummit
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#Russia is absolutely violating the #INFTreaty. If @RusEmbUSA is counting on the @StateDept to not provide evidence on this one, I bet they’re going to be very disappointed. But the real issue is #China… who isn’t a party to the treaty & who must be included in any new one.
… moreover, #Putin is a bonafide expert on missiles (& on #MissileDefense). If you speak Russian, this video shows him demonstrating his expert-level knowledge of these systems, particularly on #Romania’s #NATO Missile Defense System, a #Bush/#Obama plan.
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👇🧠⚡Thread on new #InformationWarfare #narratives: Many are wondering about the latest development: #Helsinkisummit, #Putin’s visit, #Trump’s open support of #Russia, etc. Is he insane? No. Russian psychological war manuals are hard to find. The sum up of the latest strategy:
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This is how it is achieved—in the broad daylight. (The silence of the press does not help.)
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In September 2016, @KellyannePolls told Trump he couldn't get elected if he kept claiming @POTUS44 was born in Kenya--as he had 67x on Twitter over 6yrs. So Trump gave a press conference saying he believed Obama was born in the US, gave no explanation, took no questions.

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So Trump uses false equivalence to let Russia off the hook for attacking his own country😡
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Peak puppet: "I hadn't thought of that"—Trump on whether he'll confront Putin to extradite the indicted Russians. Then blames Obama! Seriously. Trump is always a sheep when it comes to Putin and Russia. He can't even lie well about it. cbsnews.com/news/trump-rus… #HelsinkiSummit
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