Trump apparently wants to pull the U.S. from the Open Skies Treaty, and nobody knows why

When u have to ask why?

All u have to do is ask, how does this benifit Vladimir Putin?

Trump knows his time is limited now. He has only one chance to ingratiate himself to russia, who will allow him asylum when he is booted out of office

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 65%. (I'm a bot)

On Monday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel released a letter to National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien expressing his deep concern about "Reports that the Trump administration is withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty" and urging the administration to abandon "Such a reckless action."

Specifically, "The Open Skies Treaty allows the United States and our allies and partners in Europe to monitor Russian military deployment," especially in Ukraine, Engels said, and "American withdrawal would only benefit Russia."

Guys, GUYS. I know today is not the day to say "Not everything is a Russian plot," but Trump has no idea what an Open Skies Treaty is, and Putin's not gonna burn chips on an argument over that.

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The only reason anyone would be upset that the US is pulling out, is if this treaty relied on US dollars to stay intact. We’re an ocean away from russia. If we need to monitor anything, we can do it from here, without some treaty.

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