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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 01:36 PM Oct 2016

Politico - 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. government’s 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 Nominee’s 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 Trump’s 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.


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Politico - Trump [Still] maintains he doesn't know if Russia behind hacks (Original Post) TomCADem Oct 2016 OP
Trump is not unconvinced, he knows what's going on Foggyhill Oct 2016 #1
Media Refuses To Call Out Trump's Flip Flops TomCADem Oct 2016 #5
This Guy would not know what the real thruth is Wellstone ruled Oct 2016 #2
trump has been doing business with the russians for DECADES Tom Rivers Oct 2016 #3
Trump's thinking is like a child playing hide and seek, when the child AmericanActivist Oct 2016 #4
Trump is lying about this issue Gothmog Oct 2016 #6

TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
5. Media Refuses To Call Out Trump's Flip Flops
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 05:01 PM
Oct 2016

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)
2. This Guy would not know what the real thruth is
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 01:42 PM
Oct 2016

even if it bit him and left a note telling him so. What a sad POS,such a insecure Twit.

Tom Rivers

(459 posts)
3. trump has been doing business with the russians for DECADES
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 01:43 PM
Oct 2016

he knows what's going on, just refuses to admit it

AmericanActivist

(1,019 posts)
4. Trump's thinking is like a child playing hide and seek, when the child
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 01:49 PM
Oct 2016

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.

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