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[Trojita]

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/oval-office-photos-donald-trump-russians/index.html

The White House did not anticipate that the Russian government would allow its state news agency to post photographs of an Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russia's ambassador to the US, a White House official said.

Photos of Wednesday's meeting, taken by a Russian state news media photographer one day after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey amid questions about possible Trump campaign collusion with Moscow, were ultimately posted by Russia's news agency, TASS.

The White House did not post photos of the meeting although an official White House photographer was also in the room, the White House said. The State Department did post photos of Lavrov's meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, but that was open to the press.

"They tricked us," an angry White House official said.

"That's the problem with the Russians -- they lie," the official added.

The Russians used the photos to troll the White House in its social media posts Wednesday. The Russian Foreign Ministry posted a photo of a smiling US President shaking hands with Lavrov on Twitter, adding strange and ironic optics to the questions already swirling around the White House over Comey's firing.

What incompetent fucks.

 

[Makonero]

omg you can't trust the Russians!? Who knew!?

 

[HeisenbergLannister]

44 months left, hopefully.

I'll just freeze myself.

 

[RPGCrazied]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1372200

 

[Htown]

Wh... what do you think the photographs were for? Putin's personal spank bank?

 

[BadWolf]

This is pretty damn hilarious.

 

[Trojita]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1372200

This is an update from insider information within the WH as to their response.

 

[JP_]

"Putin I thought we were best friends!"

 

[BronsonLee]

Is this the pivot?!

 

[shadowsdarknes]

If the stakes weren't so serious, I'd be rofling.

 

[Loudninja]

My lord everyday I am surprise how stupid Trump is.

 

[Rebel Leader]

 

[hughesta]

this is unbelievable.

 

[wildfire]

Putin didn't get the Manchurian candidate he hoped for so he's basically telling everyone in the Kremlin to go YOLO.

 

[jmdajr]

LMAO!

 

[EatinOlives]

Wait, he invites the Russian press in and thinks the pictures aren't going to get out? What does the think the word "press" means??

 

[bobnowhere]

4D Chess? Trump hasn't mastered 1D snap.

 

[Sidewinder]

ROFL, fing amateurs.

 

[MMarston]

Wait, he invites the Russian press in and thinks the pictures aren't going to get out? What does the think the word "press" means??

They were gonna do his laundry?

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

How did they troll them? You stupid fucks invited them and only pissed now because the firing of Comey paints it in the worst light possible. This is entirely self inflicted.

 

[wildfire]

this is unbelievable.

.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

The ineptitude on display here from this administration is truly unfathomable.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

white house did not see that coming

 

[wildfire]

white house did not see that coming

Hard to see anything if you hide behind some bushes.

 

[Vladimir Putin]

 

[studyguy]

What more would a state NEWS AGENCY do than post news that happens to include photos? Even without the influence of the kremlin on the agency... I mean he clearly took photo ops. What did he expect?

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

"That's the problem with the Russians -- they lie," the official added.

Yeah, no shit. I would bet that Obama warned Trump about this, too.

 

[BigDug13]

.

Is that real?

 

[daveo42]

The WH better hope that's the only unexpected events that come from letting a Russian State News Agency photographer and Russian spy into the Oval Office.

Wh... what do you think the photographs were for? Putin's personal spank bank?

I'm sure Putin is getting off on this news as we speak.

 

[chefbags]

What more would a state NEWS AGENCY do than post news that happens to include photos? Even without the influence of the kremlin on the agency... I mean he clearly took photo ops. What did he expect?

Like what I'm thinking is did Trump think the photos were for private use or some shit lol

 

[Daedardus]

 

[Majine]

Y-yes? Yes.

 

[Evil's Bane]

They're finding something to get mad over to make the conspiracy angle less viable

 

[Doorman]

Yeah, no shit. I would bet that Obama warned Trump about this, too.

He probably did...but Trump believed he was lying.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Hello, anybody home? Think, McFly, think. You let a photographer in.

 

[BadWolf]

Yeah, no shit. I would bet that Obama warned Trump about this, too.

Obama was just joking tho.

 

[Mr. X]

Not buying it.

 

[hughesta]

Is that real?

it is.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

"They tricked us."

 

[theechrisfox]

The White House is furious? Yeah, the presidump sure looks furious in those photos...

 

[RoKKeR]

These people are just incompetent.

 

[StarVigil]

This a The Onion article from a timeline where Hillary is president.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

They aren't mad the pictures were taken, they're mad they got out? Oi.

 

[The Albatross]

Kasparov tweeted yesterday how this all perfectly fits into Putins domestic (Russian/European) agenda. By photographing Russian officials next to the American president, juxtaposing them as all equals together, it raises Putin (and his cronies) international cache domestically. It's one of the reasons why both Bush and Obama stopped having prominent photo ops with Putin after his first term as Russian president... the photos were all used as Russian propaganda internal to the Russian zone (Russia and former Soviet bloc countries)

Is that real?

It is, but it's a bit of a double entendre. Someone Garry Kasparov retweeted yesterday explained that the Russian can be interpreted to mean, "within his power" (e.g., the FBI Director reports to the president and can be fired by the president) or "within his ability" (e.g., Trump is an idiot). I think Putin chose the words intentionally to send a difficult to decipher message.

 

[Servbot24]

"They tricked us," an angry White House official said.

How were you that fucking stupid, White House official.

 

[malfcn]

Puppet?

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Puppet?

You're the puppet.

 

[Llyranor]

"They tricked us," an angry White House official said.

I read this in Gollum's voice

 

[Kite]

If you needed more proof that the Russian's goal is the destabilize and weaken the US, they're not Trump's friends no matter what the idiot thinks.

 

[ZOONAMI]

Why would you think they want a photographer lol?

Putin just wants to look at these glorious photos in private? So basically they are ok with spying but not the press publishing stuff.