Kremlin Spokesman Confirms That The Kremlin Views President Trump’s Tweets As Official Statements

The Hill: Kremlin: Every Trump tweet perceived as ‘official statement’

A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the Kremlin views President Trump’s tweets as official statements from the administration.

According to Reuters, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Trump’s tweets are reported to the Russian president.

“In any case, everything which is published from his [authorized] Twitter account is perceived by Moscow as his official statement,” Peskov reportedly said.

“Naturally, it is reported to Putin along with other information about official statements by politicians,” he said.

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WNU Editor: There is a lot of U.S. politics in President Trump's tweets .... and like campaign speeches, they should not be treated as official statements. But as a window for the Kremlin to better understand President Trump's political battles against his opponents, this has been priceless for them and .... quite frankly, for everyone else. And I personally hope that he continues to tweet.

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Why Trump Failed In Closing A Real-Estate Deal In Russia

View of the Moscow Kremlin. © Evgenya Novozhenina / Sputnik

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg: Trump's Business Record in Russia Is Humiliating

He never had what it takes to negotiate with Moscow.

The latest Trump-Russia revelations -- this time concerning a Moscow real estate project scuttled in early 2016 -- fit in well with the comical history of Trump's attempts to do business in Russia. They are the latest proof that, unlike many craftier U.S. entrepreneurs and executives, the current U.S. president never figured out how to deal with Russians.

The story began in 1987, when Trump first visited Moscow, then the Soviet capital, and negotiated with bureaucrats from the State Foreign Tourism Committee who offered him an opportunity to build a luxury hotel in Moscow. In a Playboy interview in 1990, Trump recalled that he told the officials it was impossible to get financing for a development project in which the land was "owned by the goddamn motherland." They offered a lease; he wanted ownership. The Soviets also offered to set up a dispute resolution committee consisting of seven Russians and three Trump representatives, a deal Trump didn't like. He came away thinking, correctly, that the Soviet system was a "disaster." The Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, according to Trump, didn't have "a firm enough hand" -- which didn't prevent the flustered developer from crowing how honored he was when Gorbachev impersonator Ron Knapp paid him a surprise visit in Manhattan a year later.

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WNU Editor: I explained in this commentary yesterday on why President Trump failed in closing a real-estate deal in Russia (hint .... it's all about who has title to the land that is available for development, which in today's Moscow is held by only a few). As for Leonid Bershidsky's commentary above .... it is a good summary on why Donald Trump failed in closing a real-estate deal in Russia .... but I am not going to be harsh on Donald Trump .... he has made hundreds of millions (if not billions) elsewhere. Who else can say the same thing.

Will President Trump Meet President Putin At The G20?

U.S. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Youtube

Radio Free Europe: Lavrov Assumes Putin, Trump Will Meet During G20 Summit

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he assumes Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will on the sidelines of the July 7-8 Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.

Speaking in the Russian city of Krasnodar on June 28, Lavrov said it was necessary to seek a normalization of dialogue between the United States and Russia.

He said it “probably would not be right” if Putin and Trump do not have talks on the sidelines of the Hamburg G20 summit.

Lavrov said it was especially important for Putin and Trump to discuss the war in Syria.

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Update: Lavrov: Putin-Trump Meeting Likely at G-20 Summit (VOA).

WNU Editor: From what I understand .... nothing has been prepared to have a meeting. So what is going to happen? My bet is that this is going to be done on the "fly" .... which is not the best way to conduct diplomacy, but considering the personalities of the two men it just may work out. Either way we are going to find out next month.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Arranged CIA Intelligence Push-Back On Russia Stories

Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks as television screen displays journalists who participate in the daily briefing via Skype at the White House in Washington U.S., February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Axios: Exclusive: Spicer arranged CIA, GOP intelligence push-back

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer personally picked up the phone and connected outside officials with reporters to try to discredit a New York Times article about Trump campaign aides' contact with Russia, then remained on the line for the brief conversations, Axios has learned. Ten key points:

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WNU Editor: In an interview with FOX News yesterday President Trump rated his administration's  messaging at a C or C+ .... he was probably thinking of this story when he said it. Even I know better .... if you call reporters and you tell them that the CIA Director will deny the Trump-aide linkages to Russia .... the story will be on the phone call and how the White House is manipulating the process and not on the CIA denial.

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