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Poll: Should Americans be worried about Trump's links to Russia?

The US intelligence community is investigating allegations of Russian interference in the election and possible Russia-Trump connections.

US ATTORNEY GENERAL Jeff Sessions recused himself from inquiries into US president Donald Trump’s dealings with Russia after it transpired that he’d met the Russian ambassador to the US ahead of November’s election.

It comes after Trump’s national security advisor Michael Flynn resigned amid controversy over his contacts with the Russian government last month.

The US intelligence community is investigating allegations of Russian interference in the election and possible Russia-Trump connections.

US President Donald Trump has condemned accusations against Sessions as a “total witch hunt.”

So in today’s poll we’re asking, should Americans be worried about Trump’s links to Russia?


Poll Results:

Yes  (9059)
No  (3255)
I don't know (672)

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:25 AM

    It would depend on the context of that relationship.

    A strong friendly relationship between the two countries wouldn’t be a bad thing!

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:46 AM

    @B9xiRspG: Not true. The two greatest nuclear powers joining forces would be a very bad thing because it would remove the mutual destruction element. As far back as the 80s Trump has spoken numerous times of Russia and the US joining forces to use Nuclear weapons tactically to clean up little wars around the world… BAD!!!

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    Mute Chris Kirk
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:46 AM

    @B9xiRspG: Do you trust all your friends….

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    Mute Paul Furey
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:55 AM

    Putin would own that idiot.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:06 AM

    Full, neutral (if that’s even possible) investigation needed. Only after an investigation can this administration be seen as any way credible. If no illegal links with Russia are found then good luck to the orange buffoon and his “advisor’s” far right agenda. At least he will be doing it legally with full transparency. You get what you vote for America so less whinging and more voting next time please.

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    Mute Lenny TodayFM
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:14 AM

    Are you serious? Trump and Putin only have the vested interest of themselves as priority. Just look at their backgrounds and the manner in which each has reached and maintained power. Putin is wringing his hands and Trump is in his pocket.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:27 AM

    @Fake Avast. That is just the political/IR reality. It is a given/doctrine the world has been build upon and relied upon for the last 60 years. It is not an opinion. It is the reality of Grand Strategy. And with current proliferation (NK and Iran) MAD is still THE ultimate power balance when it comes to global security.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:43 AM
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 12:11 PM

    @Chris Kirk: If you have friends that you don’t or can’t trust then I pity you.

    I have few friends but I trust them fully.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 12:31 PM

    Hilary got 3 million more votes.

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    Mute James Reid
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:23 PM

    The idea of Mutual destruction came about because of the cold war louis. Do you suggest a return to a cold war relationship between Russia and the U.S?

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    Mute Justin Kilbane
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 5:58 PM

    Would??

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:17 PM

    @B9xiRspG: But it would be bad for the U.S. private sector to do with selling weapons to NATO and Eastern European countries?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 7:42 PM

    Wait its stupid to piss off china but its ok to piss off russia

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    Mute Louis Jacob
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    Mar 4th 2017, 10:33 AM

    @James Reid: Wrong. The idea of mutual destruction came about as way of dealing with the existential reality of Nuclear weapons. You, like Trump, misunderstand the whole thing.

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    Mar 4th 2017, 10:37 AM

    @James Reid: And the cold war came about because of nuclear weapons… You have it exactly backwards. And judging by the distribution of thumbs… Most people do.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:27 AM

    Poll: Would the Journal.ie be be off putting half as much energy into reporting real issues in our own country as they do with their love affair with Trump?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:45 AM

    What issues have they not reported on specifically?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:50 AM

    Pat is deflecting.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:54 AM

    This is what happens. People get bored with the stories. Trump must be delighted. Watch as the news reports and protests die out he will have the freedom to do anything without any repercussions

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:54 AM

    Why Pat? Is the intent running out of space? Is there a donkey festival this weekend in Ballymaknob?

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    Mute damien o brien
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:28 AM

    Any warming in relations between these two nuclear superpowers can’t be a bad thing.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:36 AM

    @damien o brien: I don’t think that interfering with the internal democratic process is a basis for long term warm relations.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:42 AM

    @David Knight: but yet other countries interfere in exactly that. Don’t see anyone kicking up a fuss.. take it you missed the recent revelations on France and CIA.
    https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://wikileaks.org/cia-france-elections-2012/&ved=0ahUKEwj7wtqFk7rSAhVLK8AKHS7AALQQFggzMAU&usg=AFQjCNEQistDxpIC80LXopAXCXuMSkMVsg&sig2=JpQBzQpbNB87SJ0nMo_X8A

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:48 AM

    @damien o brien: That’s a total misunderstanding of the relationship between nuclear powers.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:54 AM

    @LITTLEONE: Like the US spying on Angela Merkel’s government, what else are friends for…

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:59 AM

    @Chris Kirk: forgot that one.. cracks me up that people go on about Russia and the election Because Clinton los, t but this type of behaviour has been going on everywhere by many different countries interfering in elections and America have been top of the pile as well in doing it.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:09 AM

    @Fake Avast: Nobody anywhere is saying that. You’re comparing apples and oranges… Cold war realities with current ones. One thing is for sure, if Trump was in charge then instead of JFK, the world would be a very different place now.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:16 AM

    LITTLEONE, the difference is that in this instance there is at least the appearance of collusion. An independent prosecutor needs to be appointed, either way it is important to finally either put the rumour to bed or punish criminal behaviour.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 5:36 PM

    @Louis Jacob: Khrushchev surely wasn’t a friend to Kennedy and this escalated into nuclear crisis – are you saying if Khrushchev would be friend with Kennedy it would end up in World War Three ??

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:13 PM
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:20 PM

    @Fake Avast: The USSR tried to put Nukes in Cuba AFTER Kennedy put Nukes in Turkey pointed at the USSR first. What settled the crisis was Kennedy agreeing to remove the nukes from Turkey. But it is spun in a pro U.S. light when it was a backdown by Kennedy.

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    Mar 4th 2017, 12:29 AM

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
    “In response to the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961, and the presence of American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey,”

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:30 AM

    Should Europe be worried about George Soros?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:40 AM

    @Jake Gundersonn: Yes.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:57 AM

    Why?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:05 AM

    @Jake Gundersonn: Anyone who has the time to read up on him will find themselves very worried afterwards.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:07 AM

    Again why?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:11 AM

    No individual should have the power to influence politics but this is the system we have and we are constantly told that we must abide by the results therefore electing politicians and parties that are heavily influenced by wealthy private individuals. Why is Soros being portrayed as the big bad wolf? There are thousands of Soros’ all over the world. People want capitalism and this is one of the side effects. At least Soros isn’t driving a far right or far left agenda.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:14 AM

    @Soccer T’s:
    If you have to ask that question “why” then you need to get out more from the bubble you live in. A good place to start would be to try widening your reading list and not reading solely from sources that inflate your own left wing ideology. You could excuse your actions to your “birds of a feather” by saying something like “getting to know my enemy. Don’t be asking me or others to do it for you (ask mammy if you want), but be a good lad now & go off and do your own research.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:18 AM

    Well if someone else says he’s bad but then refuses to say why the overall impression is that they themselves don’t know

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 12:35 PM

    Because George Soros is the top secret head of the CIA, MI6, the Illuminati, the Freemasons, the Learned Elders of Zion, the British Royal Family, the Rothschilds, the UN, the Lizardmen, the Mexican cartels and Irish Water. He ordered the assassination of JFK and the shooting of Bambi’s mother. He has hidden evidence of UFOs. He is secretly controlling your very actions right now with his mind-control rays. Fear not, put this tin-foil helmet on and you will be protected.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 12:57 PM

    Somebody makes a negative statement about him and I simply asked what information their view is based on. I don’t have a left wing ideology. Yes I’m a liberal but I have the common sense to see the positive values from both sides. Left and right extremism is the big issue..common sense seems to have been abandoned. Now I better get back to reading The very hungry dinosaur. Mummy’s helping me with the difficult words

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:01 PM

    @Jake Gundersonn: Not much time to talk but have a look at this re George Soros and the Open Society Foundations:
    https://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/george-soros

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:02 PM
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:03 PM

    @Jake Gundersonn: “10 reasons George Soros is Dangerous” (worth a read anyway):
    http://humanevents.com/2011/04/02/top-10-reasons-george-soros-is-dangerous/

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:05 PM

    @Jake Gundersonn: Reason #9:
    9. Currency manipulation: A large part of Soros’ multibillion-dollar fortune has come from manipulating currencies. During the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad accused him of bringing down the nation’s currency through his trading activities, and in Thailand he was called an “economic war criminal.” Known as “The Man who Broke the Bank of England,” Soros initiated a British financial crisis by dumping 10 billion sterling, forcing the devaluation of the currency and gaining a billion-dollar profit.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:08 PM

    @Jake Gundersonn: Macedonia & Soros:
    “…“The Open Society Foundation, operating under the Soros umbrella, used its funding and personnel to support violent processes in Macedonia. It has monopolized the civil society sector, pushing outside any organization which disagrees with the Soros ideology,” he stated.

    Another co-founder, Cvetin Cilimanov, editor-in-chief of the state-run MIA news agency, accused Soros’s Open Society Foundations of undermining Macedonian sovereignty by working not only with the opposition center-left SDSM party, but also with outside interests. By cooperating with foreign embassies and organizations such as USAID, Cilimanov believes Soros-backed groups have interfered in the political process of Macedonia….”

    https://www.rt.com/news/374241-stop-operation-soros-movement-macedonia/

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:38 PM

    @Warthog: Or you could just briefly explain why, if you’re able.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:39 PM

    @Dave O Keeffe: Exactly. When they sputter ‘Do your research’ instead of just explaining you can immediately write them off as being clueless.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 2:11 PM

    @Warthog: Soros is no “leftie” he’s a neo-liberal globalist, disguised as a “leftie”. A real wolf in sheep’s clothing.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 3:29 PM

    These dimwits don’t mention The Kochs, Adelson, DeVis, Trump”s cabinet, and pretty much every billionaire outside of Buffett. The GOP get WAY more corporate money than the Dems. Don’t waste your time arguing with these m0r0ns.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 3:41 PM

    @gregory: Well Gregory I have read those links and the main argument put forward by the conservative voices in those links are that Soros is liberal and progressive and supports causes with which they disagree including making the USA accountable to the International Criminal Court like other civilised countries. Apparently he even has the audacity to fund some of these causes despite being an arch capitalist. Soros has even said that the super-wealthy are not taxed enough in the US. Clearly he is a total subversive and not in tune with the ideology of his super rich equivalents who support decreasing taxes even more for the wealthy, owning media station like Fox news and buying the Republican party like the billionaire Koch brothers have. An awful man George Soros. Down with this kind of thing.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:23 PM

    @Jake Gundersonn: The spawn of Satan does be a busy little brasatd, his money is fueling all the NGO’s and groups against Trump?
    http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2017/01/20/billionaire-george-soros-has-ties-to-more-than-50-partners-of-the-womens-march-on-washington/

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:28 AM

    In Europe we should be happy with Trump wanting better relations with Russia and taking on the neocons like John McCain….Tensions in Ukraine are already high….All this cold war rhetoric coming from the democrats is dangerous reminiscent of the 1950′s and McCarty days….

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:49 AM

    @John003: If we can’t learn from the past, then what hope for the future.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:36 AM

    surely a warming of relations is a good thing for everyone..

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:18 AM

    I agree, but if there was criminal activity then it should be punished

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 3:31 PM

    It’s not about a warming of relations, it’s about collusion with a hostile foreign government to influence an election, gombeen.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 3:47 PM

    @Philip Gerard: Now Phil don’t be so mean. It’s a warning of relations. Let’s ignore the fact that Putin has destroyed Russian “democracy”, kills his political opponents at home and abroad, invades neighboring States and fancies Russia as a superpower once again despite the fact that the Russian economy is a basket case dependent on primary produce like oil and he is destroying it further by militarisation. Pride and hubris will be his downfall. Trump and Putin have a lot in common.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:38 AM

    Better than Clinton wanting to start a war with Russia over a no fly zone in Syria.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:40 PM

    @Eoin Mulhern: She didn’t.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:25 PM

    @Niamh Kenneally: She did… https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=A9mSs2LptLlYVLwA0RhLBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTByZmVxM3N0BGNvbG8DaXIyBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw–?p=hillary+clinton+video+of+her+saying+she+wanted+to+start+a+war+with+russia&fr=yfp-t-913#id=2&vid=d6f7a767bb611b6687b03d6ef8f0bd7c&action=view

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:28 PM
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:30 PM

    7 minutes in on the mad info wars one… Cincinnati OH, August 31st…

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:40 AM

    The coming together of these 2 great superpowers can only be a positive move, what was the alternative?, Clinton and her hunger for war?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:28 AM

    @Kate Flaherty:
    Is it not strange & laughable that here we have The Left giving out about the USA having closer ties with The Left’s very own mother “Russia”! Talk about hypocrisy & expedient flip-flopping in their continued hysterical breakdown over the election of DT as POTUS.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:41 PM

    @Warthog: So you think everyone on the left is a communist who looks to Russia for inspiration?

    This is why Trumpers can’t get no respect. Laughably simple and plain wrong all the time.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 2:16 PM

    @Warthog: I’m very much of the left in outlook. Trump, while not the best of choices is a much better choice than the warmongering neo-liberal that Clinton is.
    There’s to many liberals, and neo-liberals trying to pass themselves off as being “left” simply to fool people into a false sense of security.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:28 PM

    @Niamh Kenneally:
    Well Niamh is not “Communism” the “Purist” form of Leftism? What you are saying really, is that those on the left haven’t a bloody clue what the want? It seems to change from day to day. Even the other day The Left were acting all concerned about the death of a US Navy Seal in Yemen! Now here we are today The Left concerned about the USA having closer ties with Russia! Ohhh now I get it, it doesn’t matter what the subject matter is just as long as you (the Left) can somehow put a negative spin on it to get at The POTUS….sad! Now head off back to the safety of your igloo snowflake in case you melt!

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:36 AM

    6 comments so far, and only one of them is against US/Russian friendship. Yet 366 “yes” votes (63%).

    At least PRETEND these stupid polls of yours aren’t often rigged to suit your agenda.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:44 AM

    @Piotrek Król: Really? You think the poll is rigged. Maybe some groups or types of people are over represented in the comments section. All the other commenters could be the same person or algorithm for ll I know. Why bother ringing the poll anyway?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:45 AM

    You realise that anyone that reads the article on the website or app can vote but need to register to comment which would explain this. Take off the tinfoil hat now…

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:49 AM

    @Piotrek Król: The poll asks about Trump’s links to Russia, the comments largely mention relations between the USA and Russia being warmer. This is not one and the same. You have had two of Trump’s closest circle lie under oath about communications with Russian representatives and have been found out.
    Nobody in their right mind is against the idea of a utopian situation of the two largest nuclear powers having a rosy relationship.
    On the other hand an extremely intelligent man who orders the execution of political opponents and is actively trying to undermine democracy across the USA and Europe, may have the POTUS and head of the largest NATO power in his back pocket. That on the other hand is extremely worrying.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:56 AM

    That’s because the original question was about Trumps relationship with Russia and not US Russia relations. If Trump team engaged in talks with Russia before getting elected then that that is technically treason under US law.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:22 AM

    @Tom Cullen:
    LOL undermine democracy, that’s a bit rich coming from the left corner who were totaly against the USA democratic process which resulted in the election of DT as President. The same left bully-boy gang who are completely ok with “FREE SPEECH” as long as what is been said agrees with their ideology. Bit similar that to another well know ideology.

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    Mute Dave Doyle
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 2:17 PM

    @Mark Gearey: Just look at yesterday’s poll about “excess water use” the “poll” never reflected the comments.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 3:48 PM

    @Warthog: Are you on the sauce again?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:16 PM

    @John R:
    No have been off it for 2 months now, maybe I should go back on it and talk some proper nonsense like the Lefty lot. What do you think?

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:34 PM

    @Piotrek Król: What happened to all the taxpayers money Hillary got from Enda to the Clinton campaign?
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4252946/Clintons-befriended-Chinese-cook-got-illegal-donations.html

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    Mute KevinMunster
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:49 AM

    Worried in what way? You’d swear the way the liberals go on he is going to hand them the nuclear codes..

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:31 AM

    Will we ever find out what’s in his tax returns? Is there any truth to the thinking that Russians are laundering money through his businesses? Are we witnessing an autocracy? Will he use the presidency to enrich himself and his family and finally accumulate the wealth he’s always claimed to have? It seems the house of cards is falling one card at and time and with that hopefully answers will come.

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    Mute John003
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:36 AM

    He plans to increase US military budget by $50 billion and get all NATO countries to increase their contributions….Hardly what Putin wants…

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    Mute Shane Molloy
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 12:21 PM

    JOURNAL: Please do this pole next Should Russia be worried by the ammount of US army bases surrounding her ?

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:36 PM

    @Shane Molloy: How many US army bases in the World now? If any other country did that then there would be war?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:12 AM

    When are we going to start minding our own business worry about what’s happening in Ire and then maybe we can start solving a few problems.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:49 AM

    Jeez! Another ridiculously stoopid poll.
    What Irish people think, actually what a sub set of readers on the Journal think American people should think is of relevance?
    These pools are becoming more and more absurd by the week.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:30 PM

    Western lefties hate Russia because, instead of getting caught up in non-issues like gender-neutral bathrooms, it’s actually serious about protecting it’s people. Russia actually puts the interests of its own people ahead of so-called refugees.

    Western lefties don’t like this. Because if this way of thinking spreads, it’ll mean they can no longer import millions of people who will reliably vote left.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 2:31 PM

    @Al O’Saurus: It’s not “lefties” as you call them. It’s liberals, neo-liberals, and neocons, hijacking those parts of actual left beliefs just to appear popular and garner votes.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:35 PM

    Voted No. We are all in serious trouble if they ever go to war. Any softening of the relationship would be a positive thing.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 2:29 PM

    @Richie Kennedy: We would already be at war if Clinton had been elected. We would be lucky if there was a world left at this stage.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:38 PM
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 9:12 PM

    @Alois Irlmaier: Very interesting. I don’t actually remember much going on re protests at the time. The neo-liberals and neocons of America will start wars anywhere their financial interests lie, control of energy is part of their financial interest.
    Fracking, a bigger environmental danger to the planet than the claimed Global warming will ever be. The biggest danger to the planet is the warmongering as driven by the USA.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:08 AM

    I would say the question should really be are Russians worried about the constant hate, lies and propaganda about them being pumped by the MSM. Most Russians at this point laugh about it but it could turn.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 3:34 PM

    They don’t have access to a free media in Russia so they don’t know what’s going on.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:37 PM

    @Philip Gerard: They don’t have a free media in the US either, it is all bias…

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:21 PM

    @CliodhnaRussell – Don’t you mean; ‘Should Americans be worried about Trump’s POSSIBLE links to Russia? Both House and Senate intelligence committees have found nothing..neither have the intelligence services…while Sessions should have been clearer in his statement…he met with Ambassadors from all over the world…..

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 12:02 PM

    Even if the Russians are controlling Trump, are they really going to do a worse job of running America than Obama did?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:40 PM

    @Ben McArthur: The GOP is running Trump, So do the Americans really believe Putin is running the conservative party of the U.S. What bull…

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:57 AM

    Americans should be very concerned he’s commander and chief of USA

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:42 PM

    @Noel: But so was mad Nixon, Reagan, G.W. Bush…

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:02 AM

    What are the links? As said in headline. Couldn’t find in article.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:10 AM

    @Shayne O’Odonoghue: as of yet don’t think any links have been proven.. that’s the problem.. media claim links but investigations are ongoing but no evidence produced yet… Saw this the other day.
    House Intelligence chairman says he hasn’t found evidence of Trump team’s ties to Russia.
    https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-intelligence-chairman-denies-evidence-of-trump-teams-ties-to-russia/2017/02/27/66495ce8-fcfd-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html&ved=0ahUKEwi-oOmgmbrSAhVkCcAKHTRWDJIQFggbMAA&usg=AFQjCNGhzlz-TFcGAj8wapelPIbCNcS3Xw&sig2=DfFTl3ztivOC1Ie5uH8_0g

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:21 AM

    Well now that contact has been proven that makes that article redundant. Sessions has admitted contact, Flynn was fired for illegal contact.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:31 AM

    So the headline should read alleged links.. Think there is a name for this type of reporting.. Journalism would get more respect if they reported on the facts and not based on the emotional view of the person involved. That is for us non professionals on here.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:55 AM

    Shayne, the link between the campaign and Russia is proven. No need for the word alleged. Whether the link is criminal in nature or not is what’s in question

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 12:33 PM

    Dave, going by the headline and poll. What are the links between “Trump” and Russia ? That is all. I’m on no side, only sick of both at this stage.. Very transparent that there is a massive hate campaign on both sides. Non stop twisting of information and abuse of general ignorance with intent to incite euphoria is transparent. The media are complicit by doing the very thing they are giving out about.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 12:58 PM

    Shayne, a link between the campaign and Russia is a link between the candidate and Russia. Like I’ve said before I have no idea if it was a collusion or not but it does need to be investigated.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:34 PM

    I feel sorry for the people of Russia and Eastern Europe, both got independent from the USSR yet neither were given a fair and equal opportunity which if where eastern Europe to be independent, part of the eu or Russia, and for Russia to be part of the eu. No different than wanting Turkey to join.

    They have milked the middle east for years now that getting old they picking on Russia. We may be
    threaten by Russia but have the started wars that now surround our country with a military power?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:32 AM

    But only if they really care about democracy

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:12 PM
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:55 AM

    I emailed paddy power asking for a price on America to nuke itself

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:26 AM

    Unless your afraid of everything you’re not an American

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:09 AM

    It’s an issue with regards to election fraud. That throws democracy out the window.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:13 PM

    @John Somers: How could Russia effect the election as they didn’t, the democrates have lost the plot and are as angry as be damed…

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 10:57 AM

    I can’t wait to see his pee pee video on Pornhub, it’ll get like 3% likes, but It’ll be fun as hell.

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:10 PM

    I look at people and think the Stanford prison experiment and Pavlov’s children. https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Most-Unethical-Science-Experiments-Conducted-on-the-Unwitting-and-Vulnerable
    “He conducted the same salivation experiment on the orphans as he did on his dogs, the only catch was orphans aren’t as willing as dogs to receive food from strangers. So he strapped them down to a chair, taped their mouths open, inserted a device to measure their saliva, and proceeded to force feed them both sweets and bad tasting things.”
    That is how the U.S. is sold to the world and it is a lie, the real reason they want Russia to be an enemy is because Russia is a threat to them for resources, that is what the U.S. says when they talk about security, security means greed and nothing to do with terrorism.
    Also the CIA and army want Russia to be their enemy as it is the U.S. who sells the weapons to Nato countries, so at its core is the Military industrial complex, Hillary in one year sols 160 billion dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia and that was twice the amount they normally sell to them. That means the Saudis get 80 billion in weapon sales from the U.S.
    All the ones making noise about this are those who were pro Hillary anyway and Obama met the Russian Ambassador hundreds of times during his presidency, is Obama a spy too…
    All this is about sour grapes, no one talks about Hillary and her fracking or her links to Wall Street or even how many hundreds of thousands of children Obama killed using drones. Have people lost the plot and just agree with those who repeat lies often enough and loud enough?
    The U.S. system of government is one of the most corrupt in the world and this is just McCartyism all over again, back then it was to make sure Unions didn’t get a foot hold in US industry because the owners of businesses would have to have unions, take care of their workers and who were these leaders of business but lobbyists who financed those who brought in the witch hunt of McCartyism and it is happening again.
    Why should Russia bow and kiss U.S. and why should we, it seems we say how great the U.S. is but the poverty is crazy especially in the Southern states with shanty towns, their infrastructure is falling apart, their health system only serves those with money and their cities are in debt. All that is growing in the U.S. is the selling of weapons domestically and internationally.
    I have heard U.S. Senators saying that they won the war for Europe against Hitler but the fact is without Russia then WW2 would have been lost.
    Also they state the U.S. is a democracy and yet it is not due to Gerrymandering and the college of electorets. People swallow all this bull from the US through the media which is pro US anyway thanks to Hollywood which the CIA has their fingers in that as well and in the industrial military complexes of secruity and arms manufacturing and now with Fake News as that was their child to hide the truth under. Even blaming Russia for hacking when it turns out now that some English was involved in it as well as the Chinese. People are sheeple really, they can’t tell what is right or wrong anymore, they are fed stihe and they ask for more.
    When will people waken up?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 7:49 PM

    @Alois Irlmaier:
    WTF

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 8:03 PM

    Silly question

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 9:38 PM

    We should mind our own business and look after our own affairs before we start nit picking either Russia or the USA. Our own Governments relations with its voters is a travesty.

    Somehow our leaders want to nit pick the faults of others to make themselves look better or distract from their own shortcomings or some such nonsense as that.

    It really doesn’t work, so lets deal with our own 5hit first.

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    Mute Peggy Webster
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    Mar 3rd 2017, 11:24 AM

    If the Russian connection rises to level of proof of election fraud clinton becomes president. This is why the Trump administration is in a panic. Curious that relatively young rrussian ambassador to UN dies suddenly of a heart attack a couple of weeks ago.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:16 PM

    You mean all the Russian cells in the US that stuffed the ballot boxes with Trump votes…They don’t exist….All Russia did was what the CIA have been doing for 70 years spying on political parties in foreign countries and leaking stuff…

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 8:03 PM

    @John003: If it is that clear then why fight a thorough independent investigation?

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 1:02 PM

    Ronald Reagan said the Soviet Union was an Evil Empire. Russia under Putin is the Son of that Evil Empire.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 2:36 PM

    @Mick Jordan: Since American Independence in 1776,the country has been at war for 214 years. The USA has been at peace for only 21 years.

    That sounds like the evil empire resides on the Western side of the Atlantic.

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 6:16 PM

    @Mick Jordan: Is that the same Ronald Reagan who experience UFO incidents twice in his life and made the poor poorer in the U.S. as he made the richer richer unlike any other president before or after???
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States
    “Unethical human experimentation in the United States describes numerous experiments performed on human test subjects in the United States that have been considered unethical, and were often performed illegally, without the knowledge, consent, or informed consent of the test subjects. Such tests have occurred throughout American history, but particularly in the 20th century.”

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    Mar 3rd 2017, 12:14 PM

    I don’t know.

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