Maybe he doesn’t want to combat interference since it helped him in 2016.
Current and former officials tell @NBCNews that 19 months into his presidency, there is no coherent Trump administration strategy to combat foreign election interference — and no single person or agency in charge. https://t.co/zlqCJaQIkI
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 28, 2018
For the first time since the Russians hacked the 2016 election, Trump held a meeting about election security. It lasted less than an hour. https://t.co/e7U48riMm1 pic.twitter.com/0XJLGfg76Y
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 28, 2018
Besides being unwilling to use the word “Russia” (Voldemort!), the Trump meeting only focused on 1) voting machines security.
Just as important are 2) security of voter database and election reporting, 3) protection of body politic from foreign government info ops
#LikeWar https://t.co/mVbzfvB9NZ
— Peter W. Singer (@peterwsinger) July 28, 2018
Sad! 