The non-subtle difference is that Team Trump are denying any coziness with the Russians whereas the Swiss are open about the relationship.

Do you get the difference?

Did Trump fight his election on the grounds of getting cozy with Russia and dropping sanctions?
Did the Swiss fight any election on the grounds of raising sanctions?

Thanks for this, more info from the BBC about "wire tapping" linked to Trump.
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Well it might be the Kremlin trying get some more bargaining chips, the water-sports issue didn't seem to have the desired effect, or perhaps it did?

So coziness isn't the issue, it's the denial of said coziness that's a problem. Is that what the difference is?

That is the Democrat talking point. I like many others are still waiting for a scintilla of proof demonstrating quid pro where Trump drops sanctions in exchange for Russian help in winning.

You seem to assume CH should automatically assume the US' position.

Wakeywakey: This is a different and sovereign country.
That's key, imo.

NSA say they dont' listen in on US citizen's communications (any more, if one's willing to take their word as fact). Perhaps GCHQ says likewise, dunno.

AFAIK no agency ever said anything about data sharing. My take is that GCHQ share their data on US citizens with NSA and vice-versa (data on foreigners goes without saying), other nation's surveillance agencies likewise.

The more data they get the smaller and less numerous the blank spots will be.

The only reason why the NSA-GCHQ [data] sharing relationship is still legal today is because of a last-minute clean-up effort by the government to release previously secret ‘arrangements’

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This whole story is becoming surreal!!

Any lip readers here? This clip contains a video claimed to have been shot through the window of the Oval Office showing a "heated" meeting between Trump and some of his team, starts about 19 seconds into the clip..

Do they not have any security?

Probably off topic but this will likely get Trump shouting Fake News.
A CNN article about "did Jesus really exist" here.

You learn a lot about a person by the company they keep...

http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/05/jk-row...-btch-6489616/

Hmm, all I get it is a looped Knoor comercial.

From Face Book.

Old news (article dated 2012) rather than fake news.

But does give food for thought regarding Osiris and Jesus. Osiris was the god of the underworld and of resurrection.

"Osiris (/oʊˈsaɪrᵻs/, alternatively Ausir, Asiri or Ausar, among other spellings) was an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld, and the dead, but more appropriately as the god of transition, resurrection, and regeneration."

"The Kings of Egypt were associated with Osiris in death – as Osiris rose from the dead they would, in union with him, inherit eternal life through a process of imitative magic. By the New Kingdom all people, not just pharaohs, were believed to be associated with Osiris at death, if they incurred the costs of the assimilation rituals.[11]" (Sound familiar?)

"The cult of Osiris (who was a god chiefly of regeneration and rebirth) had a particularly strong interest in the concept of immortality." (Again, sound familiar?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris

Not saying there might have been a man (not a god) called Jesus who preached wise words, but if you look at the Bible most of what's there regarding him can be traced to other religions which pre-date his "era".

Trump isn't the only one who's having meltdowns on Twitter. This is his close confidant Roger Stone, who seems a real charmer.

Language is a bit ripe.

https://mobile.twitter.com/gaywonk/s...43781514309634

Oh sorry, darn technology.
Try here! About 19 seconds into the clip.

This Daily Mail article on the same topic is also amusing.

Many newspapers are reporting that the FBI have requested the Justice Department to deny the wire tapping claims. Justice Department have access to the FISA court decisions and the FBI do not like being accused of illegal actions.

Trump captains a very leaky ship

North Korea fires four ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan.
The only US reaction ""The DPRK's provocations only serve to increase the international community's resolve to counter the DPRK's prohibited weapons of mass destruction programs," acting State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement."

Why is he acting?

Because Trump plans to gut the State Department and many of the top jobs remain vacant after the Obama political appointments were fired.

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Sad state of affairs (deliberate pun)

This is hilarious.

Well, as hilarious as a giant orange man-baby with his much power can be.

Make America Great Again!!!

(perhaps he meant a Great Laughing Stock'?)

The latest cover from Der Spiegel. Yikes.

Wasnt very smart for ol' trumpy to go public with his disdain for their last cover he featured on. i think Der Spiegel just found a useful way to bump sales.

I would like to hear from people who thought back in 2016 that he's going to be a good president.