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White Supremacist Group Sends Mass Emails Promoting Tennessee Conference at Montgomery Bell State Park

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jaunte5/19/2017 12:10:39 pm PDT
“…A third government official briefed on the meeting defended the president, saying Mr. Trump was using a negotiating tactic when he told Mr. Lavrov about the “pressure” he was under. The idea, the official suggested, was to create a sense of obligation with Russian officials and to coax concessions out of Mr. Lavrov — on Syria, Ukraine and other issues — by saying that Russian meddling in last year’s election had created enormous political problems for Mr. Trump.
nytimes.com

Because everyone knows how sympathetic Russian government officials are to problems they create for others.