2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPolitico - Trump [Still] maintains he doesn't know if Russia behind hacks
While Trump has suddenly been gushing with praise for the FBI, when it comes to something that the U.S. intelligence committee is uniformly in agreement on, he continues to reject their conclusions.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trump-russia-hacking-putin-230381
Donald Trump remains unconvinced that Russia is behind a series of cyberattacks against American political targets, he said in an interview that aired Thursday morning, and said the U.S. governments public assignation of guilt to the Kremlin amounted to public relations.
"All 17 U.S. Intelligence agencies believe the Russians are behind that leak, Good Morning America co-anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Trump in a one-on-one interview taped Wednesday at the GOP Nominees Washington hotel. Why don't you believe it?
I don't know if they're behind it and I think it's public relations, frankly, Trump said. Do you know what bothers me? I have nothing to do with Russia.
The Manhattan billionaire has been accused throughout the campaign of being unnecessarily warm towards Russia, which has in turn been accused by the U.S. government of attempting to interfere with the American election process to Trumps benefit. Hacking attacks that U.S. intelligence agencies have blamed on Russia have targeted the Democratic National Committee, prompting the resignation of former Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and other left-leaning targets.
Foggyhill
(1,060 posts)TomCADem
(17,387 posts)He praises the FBI on the one hand, then dismisses them as corrupt and incompetent on the other, sometimes within the same breath.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)even if it bit him and left a note telling him so. What a sad POS,such a insecure Twit.
Tom Rivers
(459 posts)he knows what's going on, just refuses to admit it
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)covers their eyes, the other person isn't there, meaning if I do not believe something it isn't real or true; this is a lie of course, and lacks intellectual maturity and integrity.
For me, this is a deeply disturbing fact about Trump (granted there are many) that he is dismissive to United States Intelligence agencies and information as well as his hidden ties to Russia. When these two things are combined it spells disaster for America.