There has been a lot of flap over the last couple of days about Trump's interaction with Putin. He's indicated when he was campaigning that he thought he could get along with Putin. He's already had a conversation with Putin since his election and everyone and their uncle is now weighing in to give advice and, in some cases demands, on how to this relationship should progress.
McCain wants Trump to lay down the law with a loud bang of his shoe. McCain is convinced that Trump is going to be bamboozled by the Russian oligarch, to the detriment of our country.
Now, I have no love for Putin. He's undoubtedly a ruthless bastard who has every intention of reassembling the Soviet Union; that's just a fact. On the other hand, we've had a president for eight years who still doesn't know poop from Shinola about foreign affairs. He and his illustrious Secretaries of State, (Clinton and Kerry), have totally screwed up our relations with every country on the planet. One thing's for certain: Putin ran Obama over in every respect.
I learned a long time ago that the best way to handle tricky situations is to proceed with with your eyes open and from a position of strength. But, when you're playing poker, you don't even think about playing your ace-in-the-hole card until the game is well along into the evening. Start softly, but carry a big stick... or something like that. You can always get tougher when necessary, but if you start tough... where do you go from there if that approach doesn't work?
In this case, starting tough could well lead to war.
I agree with Trump's approach. Let's put our foot in the water and see what the temperature is before we jump all of the way in.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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