PeterS

Well, Angela Merkel picked up the newspaper this morning and found out that the man who was mocking her is under investigation by the FBI, a liar, and won't even send his Secretary of State to meet with NATO but is instead going to head off to Russia for a meeting Putin and his cronies. Talking about showing the world where our priorities are--if this doesn't do it nothing will...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/rex-tillerson-skip-key-nato-summit-plans-travel-russia-n736226

America's smaller European allies have expressed concern about President Donald Trump's mixed signals on the U.S. commitment to protect them from Russia.

The uncertainty threatened to deepen late Monday when U.S. officials said that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson planned to skip what would have been his first official meeting with NATO in April. On Tuesday, the State Department said Tillerson has a scheduling conflict and suggested alternative dates that morning.

Moving the date would require a 28-nation consensus.

A NATO official told NBC News "we are in contact with the State Department on scheduling."

Tillerson will travel later in the month to a series of unspecified meetings in Russia, a State Department spokesman confirmed to NBC News.

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Acting spokesman Mark Toner said Tillerson would meet with all of the alliance's members Wednesday when the Global Coalition To Counter ISIS in Washington. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will also attend.

"While (Tillerson) won't specifically be discussing in the group session all of NATO's equities, obviously he will have the opportunity to do pull asides with many of these countries," Toner said.

The last time a Secretary of State did not attend a NATO Foreign Ministerial meeting was in 2003 and 1999.

Tillerson's trip to Moscow was not confirmed by the Russian side. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her official Facebook page that "we will not be confirming or denying this information at this stage."

Tillerson's decision will likely raise eyebrows among some of the United States' European partners.

Close to the Russian border, some people fear that Trump's thawing relationship with President Vladimir Putin could leave them exposed. Like NATO, Moscow has been ramping its military exercises and also annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.

Related: Trump's NATO Stance Has Town Miles From Russia 'Ready for War'

"Donald Trump's administration is making a grave error that will shake the confidence of America's most important alliance and feed the concern that this administration simply too cozy with Vladimir Putin," said U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, D- New York, who was one of the first to respond to Tillerson's decision.

He added: "I cannot fathom why the administration would pursue this course except to signal a change in American foreign policy that draws our country away from western democracy's most important institutions and aligns the United States more closely with the autocratic regime in the Kremlin."

He also labeled the move "an absolute disgrace."

Ve'hoe

I bet she was not as appalled as when she heard the obozo regime was collecting intel on her.......

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/10407282/Barack-Obama-approved-tapping-Angela-Merkels-phone-3-years-ago.html

Ricko Loc: Florida

PeterS-good move on the part of Tillerson. Need to let Putin know, face to face, exactly where he stands . He must
understand, without ambiguity, that he is not the big fish in the pond. I am sure that we will be well represented at
the NATO meeting. We need someone to re-assert that the USA will not continue to pay the bulk of the NATO bills. Only the weak minded among us would want it any different. Trump , being smarter than all you lefties combined, will use Putin to his advantage while simultaneously keeping him in check. Stay tuned and observe a real presidential administration in action. America First !!!

reconreb Loc: America / Inglis Fla.

Trump should just nuke Russia ehh .. Electoins have consequences .. You mean YOU do not agree with the Trump admin. ?????? Amazing news ,, alert the press's ,, PeterS on OPP hates every move of Trump admin. & save your dribble about Putin and Trump we have no Idea whats going on & Obamaster and Clinton are the world leaders that colluded with Vlad ,, They could be discussing the nuke strike on Californafacation , find a desk to get under !

Ve'hoe

Thats because he is a racist heterophobic god hating filthy liberal loser,,,, thats all

missinglink Loc: Tralfamadore

Geese Ve'hoe , don't candy coat it .

missinglink Loc: Tralfamadore

Remain calm folks . The next big one will not start till the world economies tank.

Ve'hoe

I didnt want to seem,,,,, wishy washy

missinglink Loc: Tralfamadore

PeterS

Oh I think Angie forgave Obama 5 minutes after meeting Donald. You see, you have to be RW pond scum to like Trump and all the RW Germans we killed in WWII--well almost all of them anyway...

PeterS

What does nuking Russia have to do with crawling into bed with them? In less then a year Trump had more contacts with Russia then did Bush and Obama in 16 years. The only reason you see nothing wrong with it is because when it comes to Trump you've become totally blind...

PeterS

Good god, you swallow every word that Donald speaks don't you? Sad, so very, very sad...

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Unless you are a news junkie like me, you will not know that tons of all sorts of weapons have been shipped to the borders of eastern Europe along the Russian border. The EU and the UN along with the likes of McCain are trying to start WWIII. Trump is trying to stop this show before it goes nuclear, which no one can win. The New World Oder is bent on killing millions to achieve their goals and starve the rest into submission.

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

In the future would you please consider starting your snowflake rants out with "Once upon a time" or "It was a dark and stormy night." Thank you for your consideration.

Ve'hoe

who is "we",,,,, I doubt you did anything in WW2...... besides,,,, you filthy maggotty leftists are responsible for over 100 million people slaughtered,,,,, not to mention the million a year murdered in abortions,,,,,, nor that the nazi party was actually leftists,,, whose ideology was borrowed from Margaret Sanger,,,, of planned parenthood fame,,, and of course the filthy leftist progressive president woodrow wilson,,,,,,,,, 6 million jews,,, 150 million russians and chinese murdered by leftist ideologies of communism, socialism, and progressive-ism
So if you want "pond scum" you will have to ascend several hundred meters from the sewer of leftism where all you turds decompose