The American media are “almost unanimously endorsing the idea that we have to have an enemy,” declares International peace and trade advocate Ron Paul, warning that "at this point, especially for the last 20 years, they’ve been working very hard to make Russia the enemy, and I think this is wrong."
However, bucking the mainstream sheeple narrative, in a new RT interview, Paul praised how United States President Donald Trump handled himself at a meeting in Helsinki, Finland this week with Russia President Vladimir Putin. Says Paul, “I was sort of pleased with the way Trump handled himself.” In particular, Paul comments that Trump emphasized the benefit of “peaceful negotiations,” something Paul supports, calling it "a step in the right direction."
"I was very pleased with what went on today," Paul said. He added that if the two leaders ever had a serious discussion, "I guess it would come out on how much we've been involved when we shouldn't be involved, for instance in Ukraine, and how that occurred.”
"But if they don't want to concentrate on those problems and they want to look forward I think that is great… I think the next best step ever would be for us to reassess this and say that Trump's going in the right direction and talk him into getting rid of the sanctions on Russia."
Paul also addressed the US media, calling it a "big problem." When asked by RT why the US media already seems angry about the meeting between the two presidents, he said:
"It's hard to say, but we usually describe that there is a secret government that likes to control things and most people know what we talk about when we talk about the 'deep state.' And they do have a lot of clout, they are very much involved in the media and the leadership of both parties, so both parties and the media are very, very, annoyed with Trump [being so] independent."
As a next step after the Trump-Putin meeting, Paul suggests that Trump should work to eliminate US sanctions against Russia. Referring to the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity of which Paul is the chairman, Paul says:
“Of course, we believe very strongly at the institute that trade is very important, and that’s why we don’t like to see protectionism and tariffs and sanctions and all these kinds of things."
Paul also addressed the recent indictment of 12 Russian individuals by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying there is "an argument why Russia is an enemy and we have to quit talking to them and I think it's just a propaganda stunt and I think those indictments were more about propaganda than seeking justice."
Watch Paul’s complete interview here:

Comments
Ron, why don't you apply for a job? Fed Chairman, perhaps? You will be received warmly. It would be incredibly inspirational to see you dismantle The Fed in an afternoon or so.
Amen, TD... I was going to make the identical comment. Kudos.
If Trump nominated him for D.C. Dogcatcher, the libs would go into convulsions.
In reply to Ron, why don't you apply for… by TeamDepends
Meet the DEEP STATE
In reply to Amen, TD... I was going to… by J S Bach
HE is a good man, a solid citizen, too bad no one listened, but he was weak. ...sad, it had to come to this.
And now I bid you all a goodnight, God's speed to all, there is much work to do. Maybe we meet on the field of Glory some day.
In reply to Meet the DEEP STATE https:/… by powow
Is Ron Paul becoming senile?
Trump just went on CBS and accused Putin...
Wake up Ron. Trump's not what he's selling himself to be.
In reply to HE is a good man, a solid… by Free This
TD.
Ron Paul with advisor G Edward Griffin is a dream come true for righting the viper ship.
Its neofuedalism. When they print and you cant ...its slavery.
Inter-generational debt against consent or agreement is slavery. Debt servitude.
They change money from a transfer of value to a promise from a loan shark.
Route them out.. Death to the moneychangers!
In reply to Is Ron Paul becoming senile?… by bobcatz
Always happy to see a Deathrips post.
In reply to TD. Ron Paul with advisor… by Deathrips
Trump vacillated because of deep state pressures after the press conference with Putin and then he bounced back to tell the fake-news corporate media and the anti-Russian jerkoffs to FO. In the GOP he is obviously waking a tight rope. Last year they were saying he had to go because he was leading the nation into a nuclear war with Russian. This year when he finally is "allowed" by these pricks to meet with Putin, the same people are condemning him for trying to find common ground and are upset because he is not threatening war. The only way the US can regain its sanity is for the people to totally disconnect from the deep-state, perception-managed, brainwashing, fake-news, bullshit corporate media.
In reply to Is Ron Paul becoming senile?… by bobcatz
If Trump nominated him for D.C. Dogcatcher, the libs would go into convulsions.
Not as much as the neocon cunts
In reply to Amen, TD... I was going to… by J S Bach
November 2018 will either be a day of infamy, or a day patriots will remember fondly for a long long long time! On that day, we aim for 72% of the Senate, and a comfortable majority in the House and why?
The major challenges hobbling the USA are foreign policy linked, and that's the preserve of the Senate. So in effect, lovers of the Republic will need to ensure to hold on to present gains, and capture more territory, to achieve the proportion of water to land.
That composition is required, to do robust, rational, and beneficial foreign policy. Is it possible?
Is it impossible?...
In reply to Amen, TD... I was going to… by J S Bach
With a Cat D-11.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGVTYpYPz9E (LOUD)
In reply to Ron, why don't you apply for… by TeamDepends
He should run for president... oh, wait.
Ron Paul the Best President America Never Had
But, the crowd said; Give us Barabbas...
His campaigns opened up many people's eyes when they really liked him and then saw what the 'Machine' did to him.
In reply to He should run for president… by Inserenity
Not Barabbas-like to me. More like the Republican party mafia did what they could to keep him from the fair vote opportunity that Barabbas got.
The only pol I ever donated to.
In reply to Ron Paul the Best President… by samsara
He doesn't stand a chance. CNN already predicts Hillary has 98% chance in the 2020 election.
In reply to Not Barabbas-like to me… by Conscious Reviver
Good. Let's hope it becomes such a foregone conclusion that Hillspawn figures she doesn't even have to file papers to win this time.
In reply to He doesn't stand a chance… by CheapBastard
Right we got Barabbas and RP was nailed to a cross
In reply to Not Barabbas-like to me… by Conscious Reviver
Thanks Ron.
MAGA 2020!
Communism will always be an enemy to this country, the ideals are diametrically opposed to our constitution. The problem is exposing the location of said commies when realizing they've gained significant internal control. The punch line for me is Russia's no longer communist (still a bit at odds though).
Methinks there's more commies inside the beltway than in Russia.
In reply to Communism will always be an… by VideoEng_NC
Almost all Ivy League grads are communists.
In reply to Methinks there's more… by nekten
Correct, the Western “intelligentsia” think Russians betrayed the cause. Therefore the sparkle of the “true doctrine” survived in the West, while Russia denounced their three generations of dictatorship. Westerners are total lunatics compared with much better educated Russians and their harsh experiences from the good thing.
In reply to Methinks there's more… by nekten
Think media
In reply to Methinks there's more… by nekten
THere is a 10 mile box where you will find them...
In reply to Communism will always be an… by VideoEng_NC
You spoke too soon Ron. He just lied and said Russia meddled in the election. Also our election system is compromised and he hasn't done anything about it. He will bail and we will end up in a civil war while under the next Marxist, or worse. He is biding his time to get out. I wouldn't even be surprised if he claimed a health issue to not run for a second term at this point. Although Israel will probably put an orange statue of him in some shitty part of recently stolen land.
He just lied and said Russia meddled in the election.
He's been saying that for for over a year.
Trump on hacking: 'I think it was Russia'
01/11/17
"As far as hacking, I think it was Russia," he said at his first news conference since last summer.
"I think we also get hacked by other countries and other people," he continued.
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/313786-trump-as-far-as-hacking-…
Trump and those who defend him like Rand Paul must wear the fig leaf of, "Of course Russians spied on us, everybody spies on everybody." Once that's said more salient points can be discussed.
It's similar to when folks had to preface every anti-war argument with "Saddam is a bad man, but..." back in 2003.
In reply to You spoke too soon Ron. He… by Ms No
I thought he just said the other day that they didn't do it. Also by saying that they did, isn't he essentially declaring his presidency illegitimate? The accusation was never that they helped Hillary. Maybe he is just tapping out now. This will give them the fuel to get even more corrupt with our election systems. Bloody Gina or Brennan will probably be in office next at this rate.
In reply to He just lied and said Russia… by Billy the Poet
Trump's position has been and continues to be that Russians did spy on us because everybody spies on everybody, that there was no collusion between himself and Putin and that what happened to the DNC emails can't be determined until the server is examined.
Sometimes Trump is less than clear (that's part of his game), and he is routinely mischaracterized and selectively quoted or misquoted by the media so it can be hard to determine what's going on with the man but the summary above is accurate in my opinion.
In reply to I thought he just said the… by Ms No
He needs to take a break and get some rest because he looks and sounds terrible.
The last few days have reminded me of the Abbott and Costello skit "Who's on First?"
In reply to Trump's position has been… by Billy the Poet
Probably good advice. Trump apparently thrives on confrontation but he's been burning the candle at both ends for months now -- G8, Kim, NATO, Putin -- all with Strzok and the Inspector General playing in the background.
In reply to He needs to take a break and… by chunga
Couldn't Trump at least misuse and redirect the Russian election interference hysteria to change the election system to use only paper ballots and require photo ID. Just to make sure there is no further meddling don't you know. See how the blue wing of the one-party State respond to that!!
In reply to Probably good advice. Trump… by Billy the Poet
Rand Paul has made that point repeatedly in interviews.
In reply to Couldn't Trump at least… by philipat
Whether they did or didn't do it, no one cares. Did not influence the outcome despite what the sore loser crooked Hillary says.
If anything, the fbi traitors like Stroke and Page influenced the election more then any other entity.
In reply to Rand Paul has made that… by Billy the Poet
@ Ms,
The Veil of Deception & lies has definitely been lifted. Donald or at least his Goldman Sachs Cabinet surely do shill for Zionist Israel.
We can start by ELIMINATING & outlawing Duel Israeli Citizen Nationals from holding Political Office. Let’s start with the following ones.
THE US SENATE [13]
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Al Franken (D-MN) Herb Kohl (D-WI) Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) Joseph Lieberman (Independent-CT) Carl Levin (D-MI) Bernie Sanders (Independent-VT) Charles Schumer (D-NY) Ron Wyden (D-OR) Michael Bennet (D-CO)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES [27]
Gary Ackerman (D-NY) Shelley Berkley (D-NV) Howard Berman (D-CA) Eric Cantor (R-VA) David Cicilline (D-RI) Stephen Cohen (D-TN) Susan Davis (D-CA) Ted Deutch (D-FL) Eliot Engel (D-NY) Bob Filner (D-CA) Barney Frank (D-MA) Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) Jane Harman (D-CA) Steve Israel (D-NY) Sander Levin (D-MI) Nita Lowey (D-NY) Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Jared Polis (D-CO) Steve Rothman (D-NJ) Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) Adam Schiff (D-CA) Brad Sherman (D-CA) Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) Henry Waxman (D-CA) Anthony Weiner (D-NY) John Yarmuth (D-KY)
http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/89-of-our-senators-and-congress-hold…
In reply to You spoke too soon Ron. He… by Ms No
"...Anthony Weiner (D-NY) ..."
must be an old list
In reply to @ Ms, The Veil of Deception … by Chupacabra-322
It’s is. Cantor’s also off the list. Thankfully we’ve rid ourselves of some of the Zionist Agents.
In reply to "...Anthony Weiner (D-NY) … by samsara
Yes, some smart people voted him out.
In reply to It’s is. Cantor’s also off… by Chupacabra-322
Always happy to hear from Ron Paul, the best president we never had.
And Trump meeting with Vlad was terrific.
A calm voice of wisdom and erudite reason.
ron paul might be crazy- but he aint stupid.
he reminds me of the joke
a man goes and visits a friend in a mental hospital.
comes out and finds his car has a flat tire-
while changing the tire- he loses the lug nuts.
a mental patient watching from his window yells to the man
"take a nut from each other tire and put them on that tire."
the man yells back to the patient-"THANKS- THATS SMART!!!"
the patients yells back- "JUST BECAUSE I'M CRAZY- DOESN'T MEAN I'M STUPID!"
To be fair the Deep State have invested (your money) heavily in maintaining that status quo, bridge.
If there were a bar on standing for Office placed on Ivy League Schools, Harvard, Yale, OxBridge etc then The Old Boys Networks would cease to exist. It's not rocket science that these individuals for the most part, are devoid of any empathy for the folks they're supposed to be representing (Us) and are easily swayed/compromised by loyalties to the Establishment.
Cutting the umbilical cord of their progeny is the ONLY way to cure this cancerous infestation.
In reply to ron paul might be crazy- but… by dcmbuffy
Always liked Dr Paul and donated to candidacy back when..
It's time to shed some light on Iraq soon... too rich not to thrive
Sunrise in Baghdad, Iraq
5:06 AM Thursday, July 19, 2018 (GMT+3)
Converts to:
10:00 PM EDT (22:00) Previous Day
So you're right on the money.
In reply to It's time to shed some light… by strongarm
So who got to keep the 6 minutes that disappeared in that conversion, Time Agents?
In reply to Sunrise in Baghdad, Iraq 5… by Billy the Poet
Having to depend on America for something resembling a peaceful existence is an extremely unfair burden for most of us to carry.
Domestically therefore we should be going street by street, village by village, town by town and city by city in Vassaldom, purging Undesirables.
Nothing less will change our sorry lot.
They do not think it's Russia, they emote it's Russia.
I will forever distrust the Republican party for what they did to Ron in 2012.
In 2016 Trump invoked the "Ron Paul Rule" which was used to silence Dr. Paul at the 2012 convention against the very establishment Republicans who created the rule in the first place.
Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Friday that the party outsmarted itself in passing a 2012 rule that he said was aimed at blunting his influence on that summer's convention.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/18/politics/ron-paul-donald-trump-rule-40-r…
In reply to I will forever distrust the… by nekten
"...Ron Paul Praises Trump's "Peaceful Negotiations" ..."
Danger! Danger!
Peace is Breaking out. Control the Airwaves.... First thing you know they will be asking
Where is our Peace dividend
Remember last time they wanted that....
Pagination