Obama had more “flexibility”, Biden’s son worked with Russian oligarchs and
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Obama had more “flexibility”, Biden’s son worked with Russian oligarchs and Biden’s hand seemed forced to impose sanctions on Putin after he invaded Ukraine, yet Trump is the Russian asset?
Not only can you hear it for yourself but Snopes rated it 100% true, AMAZING! This article was written 4 years after the actual incident and was used to take another shot at…..wait for it…. Trump. At the end of the article the author has difficulty seeing the comparisons between Obama’s 2012 vow of “flexibility” and claims that Russia took Trump’s side in the 2016 presidential election. You see when you accuse someone of being a Russian spy with little to no proof but ignore and cover for Biden and Obama, who promised flexibility and tolerate Russian acquisition of Ukrainian land, it comes off not only humors but some might say a little biased.
Mitt Romney, who we now know was 100% right about Russia, during the 2012 presidential debate, in front of the American people, said “Russia, this is, without question, our number one geopolitical foe. If you are a Democrat and you claim to care about Ukraine, I would ask you to consider how many Ukrainians would still be alive today if Romney was elected in 2012 and Trump reelected in 2020? Trump called out NATO leaders in 2018 for being beholden to Russia; Romney wanted to keep a close eye on Russia, while Obama and Joey have some “flexibility”.
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In 2012, President Obama was overheard over a hot microphone telling President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia he would have "more flexibility" to negotiate with Putin after the election.
According to news reports at the time, the incident happened as described. The occasion was a joint press opportunity with Medvedev prior to a global nuclear security summit in Seoul, South Korea. According to Reuters, snippets of conversation between the two were picked up by live microphones before the meeting got underway:
As he was leaning toward Medvedev in Seoul, Obama was overheard asking for time — “particularly with missile defense” — until he is in a better position politically to resolve such issues.
“I understand your message about space,” replied Medvedev, who will hand over the presidency to Putin in May.
“This is my last election … After my election I have more flexibility,” Obama said, expressing confidence that he would win a second term.
“I will transmit this information to Vladimir,” said Medvedev, Putin’s
Mitt Romney, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, accused Obama of “pulling his punches with the American people” and obscuring his plans for the missile defense system.
John Bolton, ambassador to the United Nations during the George W. Bush administration, called Obama’s comments a “fire bell in the night,” which signaled not only that Obama would scale back the missile defense program, but also that he might be planning to give ground on a range of national security priorities.
“There’s huge cause for concern here,” Bolton said.
Obama is too much of “a politician to entirely show his hand in the first term, but it would be open season” if he is reelected, Bolton said.
Fast-forwarding to December 2016, it is unclear precisely what equivalence, if any, is supposed to exist between Obama’s 2012 vow of “flexibility” and claims that Russia took Trump’s side in the presidential election
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