Гостеприимство

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Вчера Трамп порадовал встречей с президентами прибалтийских стран, на которой он четыре раза повторил любимую фразу "a good thing, not a bad thing".

Q Do you want Vladimir Putin to come to the White House, sir?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: We want to be able, if possible — and this is speaking with the Baltic States — ideally, we want to be able to get along with Russia. Getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Now, maybe we will and maybe we won’t. <...>
But I will say that if we got along with Russia, that would be a good thing, not a bad thing. It’s possible we won’t. We’re going to find out whether or not we do. But if we could all get along, that would be great. <...> But getting along with Russia would be a good thing, not a bad thing. And just about everybody agrees to that, except very stupid people. Okay.
Q How do see Vladimir Putin? Is he a friend or a foe?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: We’ll find out. I’ll let you know. I mean, there will be a time when I’ll let you know. You’re going to find out very quickly. We’ll see what happens.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-working-lunch-heads-baltic-states/

Getting along with other countries, including your three countries, is a good thing, not a bad thing. So I think I could have a very good relationship with Russia and with President Putin. And if I did, that would be a great thing. And there’s also a great possibility that that won’t happen. Who knows. Okay?
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-heads-baltic-states-joint-press-conference/



О том, что во время телефонного звонка Трамп с Путиным договаривались о личной встрече, стало впервые известно, как это водится, от Кремля.

Москва. 2 апреля. INTERFAX.RU - В Кремле рассчитывают, что США не откажутся от предложения обсудить возможность проведения встречи президентов РФ и США Владимира Путина и Дональда Трампа, заявил помощник президента РФ Юрий Ушаков.
"Когда наши президенты беседовали по телефону, то Трамп предложил первую встречу провести в Вашингтоне, в Белом доме", - сказал он журналистам на брифинге.
Отвечая на вопрос, когда эта встреча может состояться - в первой половине года или во второй, Ушаков сказал: "Нет, это не обсуждалось".
"Это достаточно интересная и позитивная идея", - добавил Ушаков.
http://www.interfax.ru/world/606478

Ждем дорогого гостя, а также разгадки того, что означают слова "You’re going to find out very quickly."

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Несколько иной тон в отношении долгожданного гостя взял перед уходом в отставку генерал-лейтенант Макмастер.

Mr. Putin may believe that he is winning in this new form of warfare. He may believe that his aggressive actions—in the parks of Salisbury, in cyberspace, in the air, and on the high seas—can undermine our confidence, our institutions, and our values.
Perhaps he believes that our free nations are weak and will not respond to his provocations.
He is wrong. Russian aggression is strengthening our resolve and our confidence.
We might all help Mr. Putin understand his grave error.
We might show him the beaches of Normandy, where lingering craters and bullet holes demonstrate the West’s will to sacrifice to preserve our freedom.
We might bring him to our concert halls and theaters, where the music and art of our people reveal our freedom to create, imagine, and to dream.
We might take him to our universities, where the free exchange of ideas among young men and women displays our freedom to learn, to speak, and to achieve our highest aims.
We might lead him to the stately buildings here in Washington, where inscriptions carved deep into stone proclaim that we are free to worship, equal under the law, and opposed to “every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
We might introduce him to the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, who endured the devastation of the Second World War, decades of Soviet occupation and communism, and emerged proud, strong, sovereign, free, and prosperous. These are three of the most creative and innovative nations on Earth.
And, Mr. Putin might also then consider how the Russian people’s aspirations connect his own population to us, despite the Kremlin’s efforts to sow dissension abroad and repress freedom at home.
In the room tonight are elected officials, public servants, intellectuals, and leaders from the private sector. We converse without fearing that our opinions will lead to imprisonment, torture, or the death of a loved one.
We might ask others around the world a simple question: Would you rather be part of a small club of autocrats that might rotate their meetings between Moscow, Tehran, Damascus, Havana, Caracas, and Pyongyang?
Or, would you rather be part of our club of free peoples, who respect sovereignty, individual rights, and the rule of law?
I think our club is better.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-ltg-h-r-mcmaster-atlantic-council-baltic-summit-dinner/