Trump choice for Russia ambassador: 'No question' Russia meddled

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 / 11:05 AM / UPDATED 11 MINUTES AGO

Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Russia, said on Tuesday there was “no question” that Moscow meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, and pledged to bring up the issue with the Russian government.

“There is no question, underline no question, that the Russian government interfered in the U.S. election last year,” Huntsman, who has also served as U.S. ambassador to China, said at his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing.

“Moscow continues to meddle in the democratic processes of our friends and allies,” Huntsman said.

Russia has denied interfering in the election, but U.S. intelligence agencies’ conclusion that it did so to boost Trump’s chances of being elected have shadowed the first months of the Republican’s presidency.




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[SHRED]

1. "...meddle..."??

Why do I absolutely hate that description of the attacks we are under?

[Glorfindel]

2. It trivializes what's actually happening. Hurricane Harvey was an "annoyance."

Hurricane Irma was an "inconvenience." The Russians are "meddling" in our elections. Truly, words are important!

[SHRED]

5. I think they are important

Good analogies.

[rpannier]

10. Since he is going to be the ambassador to Russia

He lkkely feels the need to be guarded in how he phrases things. I would

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. So huntsman rides in to save the day? - Such a brave man we never saw..

He is just saying what we already know...and pledges to bring up the issue with the rushkies.......now that is so pathetic..hey, huntsman, they already said they didn't do it!!!!

So elementary.....

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Like Russia's going to pay attention to the official US Ambassador.

They've got so many backchannels to this administration the Ambassador has all the significance of a prom king.

[not fooled]

9. Especially after dump and his band of thugs

have made it clear they have no use for diplomacy.

Diplomacy is for weenies, don'tcha know. Real men start wars and send other people's kids to fight and die.

[jalan48]

6. Paving the way for making this about underling's misbehavior?

My biggest fear in this investigation is that it stops with Trump's underlings, Manafort, Flynn, etc. Like Reagan and Iran Contra, the President remains in office.

[Nitram]

7. Then he's a good choice.

We don't want an ambassador who is just going to be a conduit for communications between Trump and Putin.

[hedda_foil]

8. Huntsman is unlike any other Trump appointee. He's an old fashioned, intelligent Republican.

Sans the Kochs, the Mercers and their ilk, Huntsman might have become a pretty decent president. I'm shocked that dumbf#ck has nominated him. He's actually competent.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. I would sleep okay if Huntsman were President

I disagree with him on many things, but he's not a climate change denier and he supports marriage equality and DACA. He's a Mormon though, so he may have an electability problem among evangelicals just like Romney.