Putin is hopping angry at the new sanctions that Trump said he is going to sign against Russia, the toughest ever, and he’s retaliating by doing to us what we did to them.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a television interview that the U.S. must cut the size of its diplomatic force in his country by more than half, from about 1,210 to 455.
Putin said Sunday that the cut will make the size of the U.S. diplomatic mission in his country roughly equal to that of Russia’s diplomatic corps in the U.S.
“The personnel of the U.S. diplomatic missions in Russia will be cut by 755 people and will now equal the number of the Russian diplomatic personnel in the United States, 455 people on each side,” Putin said in an interview with Vesti.ru channel, according to Russian state media.
“Because over a thousand employees, diplomats and technical personnel have been working and are still working in Russia, and 755 of them will have to cease their work in the Russian Federation. It’s considerable,” Putin was quoted as saying.
Earlier today a Rooskie admitted that they DID provide damaging information on Hillary Clinton, but that it was available in open sources:
Did #Russia just confirm June meeting intel op? Ryabkov: All info we provide to anyone can be found in open sources pic.twitter.com/KFob8coLWo
— Paula Chertok (@PaulaChertok) July 30, 2017
He also said that the Russians have a large “toolbox” of symmetrical and asymmetrical retaliatory measures are available to them:
Russian dep. foreign minister to @ThisWeekABC: "Symmetric and asymmetric" options being considered in retaliation for US sanctions bill. pic.twitter.com/uRQhj0nrfv
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) July 30, 2017
That kinda sounds like a warning doesn’t it?
And what’s more is that Trump has already said that the Russians are smarter than our intelligence community, so he’s probably scared of them.
Ironically, when Obama slapped them with sanctions right before the election, they mocked him with a tweet, remember?
They’re aren’t laughing now.
I wonder – why were they so self-assured back then that the sanctions wouldn’t hurt them, but NOW they’re angry and retaliating? Hmm….