WORLDRETHINK: Second Twitter tour on Thursday, August 9, 2018

Domingo Trassens‏ @trassens 5m5 minutes ago

#WR: Will the new U.S. sanctions to Russia damage the "bromance" between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin? @WSJ posted “U.S. Sanctions Put Russia on Edge”, “Russian assets are hit hard by U.S. announcement, with the ruble dropping as much as 5%” by the Anatoly Kurmanaev. @Reuters

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Domingo Trassens‏ @trassens 9m9 minutes ago

#WR: U.S. punishes Russia for the poison case of U.K. And @WSJ wrote “Russian officials and companies were bracing for further economic pain Thursday, as the U.S. decision to punish the Kremlin for an alleged nerve-agent attack in the U.K. diminished hopes of a bilateral thaw.”

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Domingo Trassens‏ @trassens 11m11 minutes ago

#WR: Russian media is pointing against Donald Trump. @WSJ wrote “On state television, analysts and commentators lamented President Donald Trump’s inability to push through a hostile Congress a reset in relations w/Russia following a summit with Mr. Putin in Helsinki last month.”

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Domingo Trassens‏ @trassens 13m13 minutes ago

#WR: Was the Helsinki summit a lost time for the Mr. Putin? It looks like the efforts of the Russian President to use Mr. Trump to change the mind of the U.S. lawmakers didn't work. However, some observers think these "sanctions" are part of a political game that we don't know.

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