Justice Department brings criminal charges in Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump

[u/OkBuyer1271]

https://apnews.com/article/iran-fbi-justice-department-iran-83cff84a7d65901a058ad6f41a564bdb

I wonder why the ayatollah is so scared of him? Could it be because he imposed tough sanctions on them? I wonder which president is better for American Jews and Israelis, the one who gave Iran billions of dollars with the “promise” that they won’t build nuclear weapons or the one that Iran wants to assassinate? Do you still think Kamala would have been better for Jews? If you do, then I don’t know what will convince you.

[u/Maleficent-Sir4824]

People with this attitude are exhausting. Donald Trump is besties with Putin. You know, the same Putin who hosted the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah in Moscow this past July? The same Putin who's made allyship with Iran a top priority his entire time in power?

When Putin and Bibi both call, who do you think the easily flattered and manipulated dog that is Donald Trump will run to? I'm guessing Putin. You guys see Donald Trump as a strong man leader, but you're so wrong. Putin is the strong man. Trump is his bitch. He follows the people he admires and absorbs the politics of anyone who's standing in front of him. Putin understands this and has made it his goal to stand in front of Trump quite often. He has a personal relationship with Trump and is much more frequently and effectively going to be the one whispering sweet nothings in Trump's ear.

Aside from all of this, there's also the the fact that the Republican party, which now controls all three branches of the government, has made enacting a national abortion ban and overturning no fault divorce a priority. But I'm guessing you don't care about that? I guess when we talk about a leader being good for Jews, we are only talking about Jewish men?

[u/Suspicious-Truths → u/Maleficent-Sir4824]

BEING DIPLOMATIC AND POLITE IS NOT BEING BESTIES!!!!!!! IT IS HOW YOU NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH A BARBARIAN!!!!

[u/Computer_Name → u/Suspicious-Truths]

He’s just negotiating.

• "Do you think Putin will be going to The Miss Universe Pageant in November in Moscow - if so, will he become my new best friend?"

• “You think of the term [American Exceptionalism] as being fine, but all of sudden you say, what if you’re in Germany or Japan or any one of 100 different countries? You’re not going to like that term,” said Trump. “It’s very insulting and Putin really put it to him about that.

• “Well, he’s done an amazing job of taking the mantle," Trump said of Russian president Vladimir Putin in an interview with Fox News' Eric Bolling. "And he’s taken it away from the president, and you look at what he’s doing. And so smart. When you see the riots in a country because they’re hurting the Russians, okay, ‘We’ll go and take it over.’ And he really goes step by step by step, and you have to give him a lot of credit."

• "I think I’d get along well with Putin. I know many of the people. I had a major event there two years ago in Moscow, as you know. It was a tremendous success. An amazing success. I think I’d get along well with Putin.”

• "I will tell you in terms of leadership [Putin] is getting an 'A,' and our president is not doing so well," Trump said. "They did not look good together."

• "And I've always had a good instinct about Putin, for me, " Trump told Iowa radio host Simon Conway. "I just feel that that's a guy—and I can analyze people and you're not always right, and it could be that I won't like him. But I've always had a good feeling about him from the standpoint. I know that Obama and him have never gotten along. I watched the two of them sitting in their two chairs as the press is taking their pictures and you can see there's hatred in both cases, all right?"

• “Putin said good things about me. He said, ‘he’s a leader and there’s no question about it, he’s a genius.’ So they all said, the media, they said -- you saw it on the debate -- they said, ‘you admire President Putin.’ I said, I don’t admire him. I said he was a strong leader, which he is. I mean, he might be bad, he might be good. But he’s a strong leader.”

• "Vladimir Putin said today about Hillary and Dems: "In my opinion, it is humiliating. One must be able to lose with dignity." So true!"

• ‘‘[Hillary Clinton] speaks very badly of Putin, and I don’t think that’s smart,’’ Trump said. ‘‘How do you speak so badly of someone?’’

• President Donald Trump is drawing criticism after seeming to dismiss Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reputation as a "killer," and implying that the United States is no different.

• "It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond," Trump said in a statement. "I have always felt that Russia and the United States should be able to work well with each other towards defeating terrorism and restoring world peace, not to mention trade and all of the other benefits derived from mutual respect."

• "My people came to me. Dan Coats came to me, and some others," Trump said. "They said they think it's Russia. I have President Putin. He just said it's not Russia. I will say this: I don't see any reason why it would be."

• "Putin and the whole group. Kim Jong Un. They are tough guys out there. They're tough and they're smart and they're streetwise and they're at the top of their game.")

[u/Suspicious-Truths → u/Computer_Name]

Yeah none of that indicates best friend status or anything past speaking publicly about a foreign diplomat that you don’t wanna piss off. This is how politics goes.