Trump turns to Twitter
07:00 26 February 2018
Paul Connew
... "If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the US, then, with all the Committee Hearings, Investigations and Party hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They are laughing their asses off in Moscow. Get smart America!
Notable by its absence was any direct presidential expression of outrage against President Putin or the Russian nationals and the Kremlin-linked companies named in the indictment ...
No sign, either, that Trump plans to implement the bipartisan tougher sanctions regime against Russia overwhelmingly voted for by both Houses of Congress last year which he signed under protest but now mysteriously refuses to implement.
Even among the more loyal Trump aides, there was an air of despair over his bizarre response. Among his small army of private lawyers, it hardened their view they should try to avoid exposing the president to the under-oath, face-to-face forensic questioning session being sought by Special Counsel Mueller ...
http://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/paul-connew-trump-twitter-1-5405263