Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   What do you expect Trump to do? Date:   7/4/2017 2:06:34 PM

I hope that his staff will prepare him with talking points.  Although it appears Russia attempted to influence our elections, I don't think you can say that Trump directly benefitted from their attempts.  It wasn't lies about Hilary - it just made public some of her shady dealings.  I know that liberals prefer to think there was some huge conspiracy between Trump and Putin, but at the end of the day, nothing will have indicated that there was.  We should be more worried about hacking in general and coming up with better security measures and I am sure that is being worked.  Too many companies have a stake in continuing to do business in Russia.  This hacking is just a blip on the screeen. 

I hope that when he meets with Putin that they will find common ground, but unfortunately, I think that will be difficult given Russia's support for the Assad regime and their involvement.  I'm sure they will talk about North Korea and Putin will want to keep U.S. business interests in Russia and will probably press Trump to make commitments for continued U.S. business expansion in Russia.  They will probably talk about oil, since the waning prices of oil are hurting Russia's economy.  And no doubt Trump will bring up Russia's expansionism in Eastern Europe. 

Honestly, Copperline, how can you thing they will waste any amout of time talking about hacking?  That is such small potatoes compared to other issues they can and likely will discuss.  This is an important economic summit. 

At best, after the political hoopala blows over, the likely outcome is that our State Department will call in the Russian Ambassador and read him our official protest, and give him a Dip note to deliver to Moscow.  It'll be nothing more than a slap on the wrist.