CYBERWAR/ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senior intelligence officials described Russian efforts to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections as deep, real and ongoing, showcasing their efforts to combat a threat President Trump has repeatedly dismissed and played down. ‘We continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by Russia to try to weaken and divide the United States,’ Director […]
Category: Russia
8/2/2018
ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senior Trump administration officials warned on Thursday [8-2-18] that Russia is trying to interfere in November’s midterm elections and the 2020 presidential election and vowed to combat Moscow’s aggression. The high-profile alarm sounded at the daily White House briefing was striking for the officials’ unequivocal warnings, a departure from President Trump’s fumbling […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump administration officials on Thursday [8-2-18] vowed to defend the United States’ elections against threats from Russia and other countries, describing influence campaigns by America’s adversaries in blunt terms rarely used by President Trump. The heads of the nation’s national security agencies said Russia was still trying to influence and disrupt […]
8/2/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It has been more than two weeks since President Donald Trump met one-on-one with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, but Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats admitted Thursday [8-2-18] that he is still does not know the details of what was said during the sit-down. Briefing reporters from the […]
8/2/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two leading senators are asserting that President Donald Trump has not focused on the clear threat the Kremlin poses in the 2018 elections, with one Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee contending that Russian hackers may have already targeted most — if not all — sitting US senators. Ratcheting up the push […]
8/2/2018
2016 ELECTION/ELECTION/FBI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Thursday [8-2-18] that Russia’s efforts to disrupt the 2018 U.S. elections were ‘pervasive’ but have so far fallen short of Moscow’s campaign to interfere in the 2016 vote. Speaking at a White House briefing at a time when the administration is facing criticism for […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s top aides said on Thursday [8-2-18] that Russia is behind ‘pervasive’ attempts to interfere in upcoming U.S. elections, in a rejection of denials of meddling that Russian President Vladimir Putin made directly to Trump. Trump’s national security team, including intelligence director Dan Coats and national security adviser […]
8/2/2018
CYBERWAR/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday [8-2-18] to impose stiff new sanctions on Russia and combat cyber crime, the latest effort by lawmakers to punish Moscow over interference in U.S. elections and its activities in Syria and Ukraine. The bill includes restrictions on new Russian sovereign debt transactions, energy […]
8/1/2018
CHINA/CONGRESS/MILITARY/RUSSIA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Congress is sending President Donald Trump legislation that would force technology companies to disclose if they allowed countries like China and Russia to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military. The legislation, part of the Pentagon’s spending bill, was drafted after a Reuters investigation last year […]
8/1/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’We already have a smoking gun about a campaign getting dirt on their opponent, it was Hillary Clinton. How is it OK for Hillary Clinton to proactively seek dirt from the Russians but the Trump campaign met at the Russians request and that is bad?’ Marc Thiessen, Washington Post” -Donald Trump, […]
8/1/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’We already have a smocking gun about a campaign getting dirt on their opponent, it was Hillary Clinton. How is it OK for Hillary Clinton to proactively seek dirt from the Russians but the Trump campaign met at the Russians request and that is bad?’ Marc Thiessen, Washington Post” –Donald Trump, […]
7/31/2018
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/DHS/MIKE PENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Vice President Mike Pence directly criticized Russia for the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 US elections during a speech Tuesday [7-31-18] in New York City…The vice president added that Russia’s goal was to sow discord and division and weaken the American people’s faith in democracy. Pence was the keynote speaker at […]
7/31/2018
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/DHS/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Federal security officials have created a new level of defense aimed at protecting banks, energy companies and other structures from massive cyberhacking attempts, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced Tuesday [7-31-18] in New York. The announcement of the National Risk Management Center, a physical space that was created inside DHS, […]
7/31/2018
CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, on Tuesday [7-31-18] expressed concern about Russian interference in the upcoming November elections, saying President Donald Trump should do more to prevent meddling and that it appears a Russian agency was behind the latest Facebook fake-account controversy. ‘The administration is not doing close to […]
7/27/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just two days after the White House postponed plans to have President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia visit Washington in the fall, the Russian leader said on Friday [7-27-18] that he had invited President Trump to visit him in Moscow. Praising Mr. Trump as a leader ‘who seeks to keep his […]
7/27/2018
RELIGION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With a lineup of prayer meetings, humanitarian forums and religious panels, the National Prayer Breakfast has long brought together people from all over the world for an agenda built around the teachings of Jesus. But there on the guest list in recent years was Maria Butina, looking to meet high-level American officials […]
7/27/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is open to an invitation from Vladimir Putin to visit Moscow, a White House spokeswoman said Friday [7-27-18], days after his invitation to the Russian leader to visit Washington prompted bipartisan criticism. Following his return from a summit with Mr. Putin in Helsinki last week, where Mr. Trump drew widespread […]
7/27/2018
CYBERWAR/ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the midterm election only a few months away, government officials working to counter election interference from Russia have been operating with no strategy from the top, including from President Donald Trump’s fractured National Security Council, leaving each agency to fend for itself without White House support or direction, according […]
7/27/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he wanted U.S. President Donald Trump to be his guest in Moscow, an idea that the White House welcomed despite lingering criticism over the Helsinki summit. The Russian leader said on a visit to South Africa for an economic conference that ‘appropriate conditions’ were required […]
7/27/2018
CYBERWAR/ELECTION/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will convene his national security advisers on Friday [7-27-18] for a high-level meeting on election security, less than four months until Americans vote to determine whether his fellow Republicans maintain control of Congress. The White House meeting comes amid new accusations of Russian meddling in U.S. elections. […]
7/27/2018
2016 ELECTION/DONALD JR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [7-27-18] denied knowing about the 2016 meeting his son Donald Trump Jr. and other campaign staff held at Trump Tower with a group of Russians who offered damaging information about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton…CNN, citing unidentified sources with knowledge of the matter, said Cohen […]
7/26/2018
ENERGY/EU/RUSSIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump wants Europe to buy more U.S. gas, but Vladimir Putin’s Russia stands in the way. On Wednesday [7-25-18], Mr. Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker dialed down trade tensions with measures that include a preliminary agreement for Europe to buy more liquefied natural gas from the U.S. […]
7/25/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on his business connections in Russia, Feb. 16, 2017: ‘And I can tell you, speaking for myself, I own nothing in Russia. I have no loans in Russia. I don’t have any deals in Russia. President Putin called me up very nicely to congratulate me on the win of the election.’ […]
7/25/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on his business connections in Russia, Oct. 17, 2013: “Well, I’ve done a lot of business with the Russians…they’re smart and they’re tough.” -In an interview with talk show host David Letterman, when asked: ‘have you had any dealings with the Russians?’” -Melissa Etehad, “In His own Conflicting Words,” The Los […]
7/25/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on his relationship with Putin, Feb. 17, 2016: ‘I have no relationship with [Putin] other than he called me a genius. He said Donald Trump is a genius and he is going to be the leader of the party and he’s going to be the leader of the world or something.’ […]
7/25/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on his relationship with Putin, November 2013: ‘I can tell you that he’s very interested in what we’re doing here today. He’s probably very interested in what you and I are saying today, and he’s going to be seeing it in some form.’ -In an interview with MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts to […]
7/25/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on his relationship with Putin, June 18, 2013: ‘Do you think Putin will be going to the Miss Universe Pageant in November in Moscow–if so, will he become my new best friend?’ -In a tweet.” -Melissa Etehad, “In His own Conflicting Words,” The Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2018 […]
7/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, July 22, 2018: ‘So President Obama knew about Russia before the election. Why didn’t he do something about it? Why didn’t he tell our campaign? Because it is all a big hoax, that’s why, and he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win!!!’ […]
7/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, July 17, 2018: ‘I have the strongest respect for our intelligence agencies, headed by my people. We’re doing everything in our power to prevent Russian interference in 2018.’ -Speaking to reporters pressing about his stance on Russian meddling.” –Melissa Etehad, “In His own […]
7/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, July 17, 2018: ‘I actually went out and reviewed a clip of an answer that I gave, and I realized that there is a need for some clarification. It should’ve been obvious, but I would like to clarify just in case it wasn’t. […]
7/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, July 16, 2018: ‘I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. My people came to me- [Director of National Intelligence] Dan Coats came to me and […]
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, July 16, 2018: ‘There was no collusion at all. Everybody knows it.’” -In remarks after meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, with only their translators present.” -Melissa Etehad, “In His own Conflicting Words,” The Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2018 […]
7/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, Nov. 11, 2017: ‘He said he didn’t meddle. He said he didn’t meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times. But I just asked him again and he said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did […]
7/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, Sept. 26, 2016: ‘It could be Russia, but it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people. It could also be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.’ -In a presidential debate with Clinton, speculating about the […]
7/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on Russian Interference in the 2016 election: July 27, 2017- ‘No, that’s not what I said, and I was having fun. We were all having fun.’- In an interview with the Detroit News, saying he was joking earlier in the day when he asked Russia to find Clinton’s emails.” –Melissa […]
7/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on Russian Interference in the 2016 election: ‘Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 33,000 emails taht are missing. I think you’ll probably be rewarded mightily by our press.’ -At a news conference in Doral, Fla.” -Melissa Etehad, “In His own Conflicting Words,” The Los Angeles […]
7/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on Russian Interference in the 2016 election: June 15, 2016-‘We believe it was the DNC that did the ‘hacking’ as a way to distract from the many issues facing their deeply flawed candidate and failed party leader. Too bad the DNC doesn’t hack Crooked Hillary’s 33,000 missing emails.’ -In a […]
7/25/2018
MIKE POMPEO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “More than a week has passed since Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin met in Helsinki, Finland, but lawmakers still want answers to basic questions: What did they talk about? What, if anything, was agreed to? Mr. Trump was accompanied in the meeting only by an interpreter. Exactly what was said […]
7/25/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than a week later, the White House has still not corrected a key omission in its official transcript of President Donald Trump’s news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The White House’s official transcript of the news conference omits the first part of a reporter’s question to Putin: ‘President Putin, did […]
7/25/2018
ELECTION/POLLS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than half of American adults say they believe it’s likely there will be Russian interference in November’s midterm elections, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released on Wednesday [7-25-18]. The 57% of Americans who believe there will be interference represents a new high since the poll began tracking the question […]
7/25/2018
RUSSIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump will postpone a second meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin until next year after the federal probe into Russian election meddling is over, national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday [7-25-18]…Trump weathered fierce criticism after his summit last week with Putin in Helsinki after he […]
7/24/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, a week after downplaying Russian interference in US elections, said Tuesday [7-24-18] he is ‘very concerned’ that Russia will look to impact the 2018 midterm elections and said he believes Moscow will look to boost Democrats this time. Trump offered no evidence for his claim that Russia would […]
7/24/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don’t want Trump!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 24, 2018 […]
7/24/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused of interfering in U.S. elections, will not be invited to address Congress or visit the Capitol if he accepts President Donald Trump’s invitation to come to Washington, Republican congressional leaders said on Tuesday [7-24-18]. The comments by House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader […]
7/23/2018
IRAN/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump is lashing out in all directions as the fallout from his summit with Vladimir Putin becomes ever more toxic, the Russia investigation grinds on with no end in sight, and his frustration boils over on a lack of progress on North Korea. The tensions reached a new […]
7/23/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Monday 7-23-18] threatened to strip six former U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials, including Obama-era CIA director John Brennan, of their security clearances as President Donald Trump considers striking back at critics of his summit meeting last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The threat against Brennan […]
7/23/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When you hear the Fake News talking negatively about my meeting with President Putin, and all that I gave up, remember, I gave up NOTHING, we merely talked about future benefits for both countries. Also, we got along very well, which is a good thing, except for the Corrupt Media!” -Donald Trump, […]
7/23/2018
MIKE POMPEO/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [7-23-18] he ‘gave up nothing’ at last week’s private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin but remained elusive about their conversation as fellow Republicans and other critics questioned any potential deals. Following the two leaders’ summit in Helsinki, Trump previously said they discussed a […]
7/22/2018
RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the administration prepares for another summit meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, there is division within the U.S. ranks over Moscow’s intentions and whether the two sides will be able to cooperate on a range of issues including the conflict in Syria. Mr. Trump has expressed […]
7/22/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The recent federal indictment of Russian intelligence officers by the special prosecutor investigating Moscow’s election interference and possible Trump campaign collusion lays the groundwork for Washington to slap more sanctions on its former Cold War foe. The question is whether President Donald Trump will levy them. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment […]
7/22/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I had a GREAT meeting with Putin and the Fake News used every bit of their energy to try and disparage it. So bad for our country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 22, 2018 8:15 am […]
7/22/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/RUSSIA/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday [7-22-18] that documents released by the FBI relating to a former adviser’s ties to Russia showed that his campaign for the 2016 presidential election had been illegally spied upon by U.S. law enforcement, but offered no evidence to support his assertion. In a series […]
7/21/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats issued a statement Saturday [7-21-18] saying that he did not mean ‘to be disrespectful or criticize the actions’ of President Donald Trump during a recent interview in which he appeared surprised to learn that the White House had decided to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to […]
7/20/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Bill Shine, a former co-president of Fox News hired this month as President Trump’s communications chief, brought conservative credentials and heavy baggage with him into the White House. President Trump embraced the former and ignored the latter. Mr. Shine, now struggling to limit the damage from Mr. Trump’s performance on Monday [7-16-18] with […]
7/20/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I got severely criticized by the Fake News Media for being too nice to President Putin. In the Old Days they would call it Diplomacy. If I was loud & vicious, I would have been criticized for being too tough. Remember when they said I was too tough with Chairman Kim? Hypocrites!” […]
7/20/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The post-Helsinki tension between President Donald Trump and his Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats appeared to have cooled after the President reaffirmed his support for the intelligence community and its assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Then came Aspen. ‘Say that again?’ Coats said, incredulously, as he was […]
7/20/2018
RUSSIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two groups representing U.S. diplomats scolded President Donald Trump for entertaining the idea of handing former Ambassador Michael McFaul over to Russia for questioning, saying such a move would ensure that ‘no diplomat could be secure in carrying out his or her instructions from Washington’…On Monday [7-16-18], Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested […]
7/20/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: The Summit with Russia was a great success, except with the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media. I look forw…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 20, 2018 9:39 am […]
7/20/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Even as the Trump administration looks for further nuclear arms reductions with Russia and full denuclearization with North Korea, the Pentagon is making crucial changes in nuclear weapons employment and options after Defense Secretary James Mattis and Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently called for classified […]
7/20/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was a jaw-dropping moment that embodied the utterly unfathomable, logic-defying and increasingly troubling twilight zone into which Washington has plunged since the Helsinki summit. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats was onstage at a security forum in Aspen, Colorado, when he was told by NBC’s Andrea Mitchell that the White House […]
7/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “One of Capitol Hill’s most outspoken backers of Moscow is facing a tough re-election fight, with President Donald Trump’s controversial comments on Russia now taking on a central role in the race. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican representing a coastal southern California district, has focused his campaign on tax issues, not foreign policy. […]
7/20/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russian President Vladimir Putin’s request to U.S. President Donald Trump for a joint investigation of former U.S. officials sought by the Kremlin for ‘illegal activities,’ including a U.S. ambassador to Russia, is just the latest effort in a years-long campaign to undermine a U.S. law that imposes financial sanctions on Putin’s […]
7/20/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/MIKE POMPEO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday [7-19-18] he believes that Russia will try to undermine democracies around the world for the foreseeable future…Pompeo’s comments came just days after President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin one-on-one in Helsinki. Trump provoked furor in Washington when, standing beside […]
7/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans in Congress on Thursday [7-19-18] blocked a series of measures put forward by lawmakers — largely Democratic — desperate to isolate Republican leaders and publicly rebuke President Trump over his summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia this week. In the Senate, Republicans objected to two nonbinding […]
7/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump plans to invite President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to visit Washington in the fall, the White House said Thursday [7-19-18] — an invitation that stunned the nation’s top intelligence official, who said he was still groping for details of what the two leaders had discussed in their […]
7/19/2018
GOP/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House revealed Thursday [7-19-18] it has invited Vladimir Putin here to another summit in the fall, surprising Republican lawmakers and top administration officials who said they still hadn’t been told what President Donald Trump and the Russian leader agreed to earlier this week in Helsinki. The lack of clarity about […]
7/19/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Donald Trump insisted he meet his Russian counterpart one-on-one, he cited the potential for leaks as rationale to bar aides from attending the session. Four days later, a dearth of information from that scrutinized encounter has extended not only to the media, but to officials within Trump’s own administration, who […]
7/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump plans to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington this autumn, the White House said on Thursday [7-19-18], four days after a summit that led to an uproar in the United States over Trump’s failure to publicly confront Putin for Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. White […]
7/19/2018
CYBERWAR/FBI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three of the top cybersecurity officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation are retiring from government service, according to people familiar with the matter—departures that come as cyberattacks are a major concern for the country’s security agencies. Senior U.S. intelligence officials warn that the country is at a ‘critical point’ facing unprecedented […]
7/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has asked his national security adviser to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Washington this fall, the White House said Thursday [7-19-18]. In a tweet, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said that Mr. Trump had ‘agreed to ongoing working level dialogue between the two security council […]
7/19/2018
DHS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Thursday [7-19-18] declined to say she agrees that Russian election interference was designed to help President Donald Trump, though she said she accepts the US intelligence community’s assessment that concluded just that. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Nielsen created some confusion when she seemed to deny that […]
7/19/2018
MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A top commander of U.S. military operations in Syria said he wasn’t informed of any agreements President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached at their summit this week. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for the Middle East, said Thursday [7-19-18] in a […]
7/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said on Thursday [7-19-18] he did not know what happened in the one-on-one meeting in Helsinki between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that has raised concern among many U.S. lawmakers. Republicans and Democrats in Congress are seeking answers on what agreements […]
7/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/ELECTION/POLLS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump handled the summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a new CBS News poll finds. Fifty-five percent of respondents said they disapproved of Trump’s handling of the summit, including 83% of Democrats and 53% of independents. Just 21% of […]
7/19/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Vladimir Putin on Thursday [7-19-18] defended Donald Trump from angry criticism following their summit in Helsinki, as the U.S. president called for a second face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart. Mr. Putin, in his first comments in days, praised the Helsinki summit and said it led to some ‘useful promises.’ Little […]
7/19/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Trump recognized Russian Meddling MANY TIMES’ https://t.co/T8MERS93wI“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 19, 2018 8:35 am […]
7/19/2018
DHS/ELECTIONS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Thursday [7-19-18] said the United States needed to be prepared for an attempt by Russia to interfere in elections in all 50 U.S. states this year, adding that there was no question Moscow interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential contest…President Donald Trump this week has struggled […]
7/19/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Trump recognized Russian Meddling MANY TIMES.’ https://t.co/Da8T8SUsCE“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 19, 2018 8:27 am […]
7/19/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Summit with Russia was a great success, except with the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media. I look forward to our second meeting so that we can start implementing some of the many things discussed, including stopping terrorism, security for Israel, nuclear……..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 19, 2018 […]
7/19/2018
ELECTION/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday [7-19-18] said he had called on two key Senate panels to recommend additional action aimed at preventing future election meddling by Russia as well as hold hearings on Russia sanctions law. McConnell, in a statement, said he asked the Republican chairmen of the Senate […]
7/19/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Trump recognized Russian Meddling MANY TIMES.’ Thank you to @foxandfriends and @FoxNews for actually showing the clips. The Fake News wants no part of that narrative! Too bad they don’t want to focus on all of the ECONOMIC and JOBS records being set.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 19, 2018 6:13 am […]
7/19/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News Media wants so badly to see a major confrontation with Russia, even a confrontation that could lead to war. They are pushing so recklessly hard and hate the fact that I’ll probably have a good relationship with Putin. We are doing MUCH better than any other country!” -Donald Trump, […]
7/19/2018
MIKE POMPEO/RELIGION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Trump administration continues to deal with the fallout of the president’s conflicting statements this week about Russian electoral interference, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday [7-19-18] focused attention on another issue involving Russia, saying that the United States hoped to advance religious freedom in that country. But he […]
7/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump sowed even more confusion on Wednesday [7-18-19] over his recent meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin, insisting after a day of conflicting statements about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election that he had actually laid down the law with Mr. Putin. But that statement was almost completely at odds […]
7/18/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Wednesday [7-18-18] that Russia was no longer targeting the United States, contradicting his own intelligence chief and just a day after promising that his administration was working to prevent Kremlin interference in the upcoming midterm elections. Mr. Trump’s comments were the latest in a dizzying collection of conflicting […]
7/18/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Tuesday [7-17-18], President Donald Trump said he was tripped up by a double negative. On Wednesday [7-18-18], the White House claimed he was simply declining to respond when he replied ‘no’ to a reporter’s question about whether Russia is still targeting America’s democratic government. Trump’s position on Russian interference in America’s […]
7/18/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House denied Wednesday [7-18-18] that President Donald Trump said he does not believe that Russia is targeting the United States, despite him directly answering a question about it earlier in the day. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump was asked by a reporter if Russia […]
7/18/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [7-18-18] defended his conduct at a news conference earlier in the week alongside Russian leader Vladimir Putin, a day after he reversed his public questioning of U.S. intelligence agencies following a barrage of criticism…The president later Wednesday morning wrote on Twitter that unspecified people hated that he […]
7/18/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House struggled on Wednesday [7-18-18] to contain the furor over President Donald Trump’s heavily criticized summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, denying Trump ever meant to say that Moscow was no longer targeting the United States. Trump, facing a political uproar over his failure to confront Putin during their […]
7/18/2018
NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump seemingly questioned the United States’ commitment to defending all NATO allies in an interview that aired Tuesday [7-17-18] evening. At the end of a major international trip with three stops — a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, a visit to the United Kingdom and the […]
7/18/2018
BRITAIN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II reviewed her honor guard for the first time in 70 years during his visit to the United Kingdom last week. Trump made the claim Tuesday [7-17-18] as he read from a prepared statement at the White House in an attempt […]
7/18/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [7-18-18] continued to defend his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a day after walking back his remarks in which he would not endorse US intelligence findings on Russian election meddling over Putin’s denial. ‘So many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference […]
7/18/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [7-18-18] there is ‘no rush’ in its negotiations with North Korea over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program. The tweet came in a series of early morning messages from the President as he defended his inflammatory news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, earlier in […]
7/18/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President Putin of Russia. They would rather go to war than see this. It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 18, 2018 6:27 am […]
7/18/2018
NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Russia has agreed to help with North Korea, where relationships with us are very good and the process is moving along. There is no rush, the sanctions remain! Big benefits and exciting future for North Korea at end of process!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 18, 2018 5:16 am […]
7/18/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference performance in Helsinki. Putin and I discussed many important subjects at our earlier meeting. We got along well which truly bothered many haters who wanted to see a boxing match. Big results will come!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 18, […]
7/17/2018
GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans scrambled on Tuesday [7-17-18] to mitigate the damage done by President Trump’s embrace of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia over his own intelligence agencies, setting a public hearing in the Senate next week, examining new sanctions on Moscow and reaffirming the fraying Western alliance…After Republicans pleaded privately with the White […]
7/17/2018
OBAMA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Without mentioning President Trump by name, former President Barack Obama delivered a pointed rebuke of ‘strongman politics’ on Tuesday [7-17-18], warning about growing nationalism, xenophobia and bigotry in the United States and around the world, while offering a full-throated defense of democracy, diversity and the liberal international order. A day after Mr. […]
7/17/2018
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Maybe it was the F.B.I.’s fault for unnerving him. Or maybe the White House staff had left President Trump ill-prepared before his stunning remarks in Helsinki Monday [7-17-18], when he sided with Russia over his own intelligence agencies. At a bar in central Pennsylvania, voters wondered if election meddling was really so terrible. […]
7/17/2018
CIA/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “John O. Brennan spent a career in the Central Intelligence Agency defending the United States against its enemies. For decades, that meant terrorists, rogue regimes or the Russians. For him now, it means the president of the United States. When Mr. Brennan accused President Trump of treason following Monday’s [7-17-18] meeting with […]