© CNN.comSpeaking constructively with foreign powers is a good thing, even if one of those powers is Russia. Le Pen has shown the world the meaning of détente.
Where people like Nigel Farage, Francois Fillon and even to a lesser extent Donald Trump have often distanced themselves from or played down their lack of hatred towards Russia, Marine Le Pen has gone the opposite way,
she had a public meeting with President Putin with the eyes of the world watching.This is why Le Pen is an admirable woman, even for those who may not agree with her politics.
There's no better way to hush up a tired conspiracy than to expose the absurdity of the conspiracy theory.Michael Flynn acted as though he wished that he'd never been in the same room with Russian vodka let alone a Russian man.
Rex Tillerson pretended to have a more negative view of Russia before the Senate than he likely actually does. By contrast, Marine Le Pen has done what many prominent opposition candidates on the likely verge of power do;
she met with a representative of an important foreign power with whom she may be directly dealing with in the near future, in this case the possible next President of France met with the current President of Russia.
Her public meeting has demonstrated the gist of many private meetings held between sane western officials and Russian ones, namely
a broad commitment to improve rather than to further destroy diplomatic relations. When Nixon did it, it was called détente,
but when people surrounding Donald Trump even attempted to do it, some call it treason.
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