Trump’s slogan should be “Russia First”. Why does he side with Russia instead of an American?
So does Carlson
Category: Trump/Russia
Trump and Russia tweets
Conservatives who lost their shit over one stray remark from Obama to Medvedev would still make this guy the Commander in Chief and give him the nuclear codes, and I don't think we should ever let a day go by without reminding everyone what that means. https://t.co/SUnCWPlApp
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 13, 2021
A concise summary, by @jon_rauch, of documented relationships between the Trump campaign and Russian intermediaries. Bookmark for refutation of "hoax" propagandists. https://t.co/wAa7flW56a pic.twitter.com/BmLYRIhE1A
— Will Saletan (@saletan) December 13, 2021
Putin barrels toward invading Ukraine, encouraged by Trump https://t.co/mHv373BqST
— Todd Gitlin (@toddgitlin) December 11, 2021
Trump sides with Putin against the US again
How can Republicans tolerate this? I know Democrats will speak out against Trump.
.@MaddowBlog: Fmr. President Trump reiterated that when it comes to whom he trusts, U.S. officials or Russian President Putin, the answer "should be obvious." It is obvious. That's the problem. https://t.co/QZusObEek0
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 11, 2021
This is beyond embarrassing, especially since Russian state media slaughtered Trump after Helsinki. They were brutal about his subservience to Putin. Clueless Trump thinks he "won" Putin's respect by submitting to him. No words.https://t.co/Kt1ISVUH9f
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) June 10, 2021
Trump defends Russia as usual
Hopefully someday we’ll find out why he is so subservient to Putin. Trump hardly puts America first when it comes to Russia. Sad!
Fmr. CIA and Pentagon Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash: "I think Trump requested cyber hacking from Russia. He welcomed it, he benefited from it and I think he's rewarded it." MSNBC.
— Michael Grossman (@MichaelArt123) December 20, 2020
Trump continues to side with Putin until the very last. https://t.co/1aR8x2uP0e
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 19, 2020
He has gone from ignoring the attack to giving top cover to Russia for doing it. https://t.co/FSj3aWV8mf
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 19, 2020
At least Trump is consistent. He always defends Putin. Why?https://t.co/MJwh17wx6G
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 19, 2020
New: WH officials were preparing to release a statement Friday assigning blame on Russia for recent massive cyberattack but were told to stand down, according to people familiar with plans. @Kevinliptakcnn reporting
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 19, 2020
Doing Putin’s bidding as Russia wages war on the US — yes, cyberwar is WAR — may be the most obvious among Trump’s high crimes but it’s hardly the deadliest. He’s sabotaging the incoming administration’s war on #COVID and killing Americans to hurt Biden.https://t.co/KAYQvtxQWy
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 19, 2020
Nearly all of government is on a war footing, demanding severe consequences for all-but-certain Russian hack — except Trump who provides cover for Russia and connects it to false claim of election hacking. pic.twitter.com/PuLlHR4oMZ
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 19, 2020
Well, he’s no longer silent on the hack. He’s now doing what he always does. He’s defending Putin & Russia. He’s not defending America. He’s a traitor.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) December 19, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — All fingers are pointing to Russia as the source of the worst-ever hack of U.S. government agencies. But President Donald Trump, long wary of blaming Moscow for cyberattacks, has been silent. https://t.co/MtJyHH8WyF
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) December 18, 2020
This @PostOpinions column from Sept seems relevant after the massive Russian hack:
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) December 19, 2020
Why is the “America first” president so eager to cater to the anti-American dictator of Russia? That is the central mystery of the Trump administration.https://t.co/WizZrzjX1h
Russian election meddling
They are helping Trump so he won’t stop them.
NEW: Russian hackers have stolen election data, US officials say https://t.co/mYzLWMokNr pic.twitter.com/P9SGHZxWXL
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 22, 2020
BREAKING: U.S. administration officials have been watching Russia's FSB penetrate state and local systems in recent weeks and believe they have pieced together Russia's plans for election interference. https://t.co/a3Lo69MmgL It is far worse than Iran. w/ @julianbarnes @SangerNYT
— Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) October 22, 2020
Russia plans to interfere in the election to help Trump by 'exacerbating disputes around the results,' report says https://t.co/V5FYHeT55z pic.twitter.com/ZMdlkr6ASm
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 22, 2020
But reporters want to know if Biden will pack the courts 🤷🏽♀️https://t.co/jit8LZOOwc
— Midwin Charles (@MidwinCharles) October 11, 2020
Before Trump was sworn in, he and six of his aides said there were no contacts between the campaign and Russians. ZERO. Turned out 15+ Trump people had 100+ contacts with Russian officials, known spies, cutouts and oligarchs. This massive lie has defined Trump's presidency.
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) October 9, 2020
Folks, don’t miss this amid the misdirection this evening. Foreign actors are targeting “Election infrastructure”. This was the concern in 2016 prompting a direct warning to Putin from Obama. Given that Trump has given no such warning, what is deterring Russia now? https://t.co/hGHFjrt6Ud
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 7, 2020
A Department of Homeland Security report out today has concluded that Russia is the "primary covert influence actor and purveyor of disinformation and misinformation" in the U.S.https://t.co/hfp5YVIBYv
— Axios (@axios) October 7, 2020
President Trump’s national security adviser said he had warned his Russian counterpart last week that there would be "no tolerance" for interference in the November election. But he did not mention that there is evidence of Russian influence operations. https://t.co/yU4AEIqDWl
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) October 5, 2020
This hasn't gotten enough attention, but you need to know. Everybody needs to know.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) October 1, 2020
1/ It's about the massive coverup campaign underway to disguise the octopus-like Russian election interference operation being run on Trump's behalf.
Please read this whole thing.
NEW: People connected to Russia’s Internet Research Agency have run a fake news outlet to target right-wing voters with inflammatory political messaging ahead of the 2020 election, two sources familiar with an FBI probe into the activity tell @Reuters https://t.co/wvYxeVmrMT
— Jack Stubbs (@jc_stubbs) October 1, 2020
NEWS: Ratcliffe declassified a Russian intel assessment today — but the Senate Intelligence Committee previously rejected it out of hand during its investigation into Russian interference in 2016, per sources. Intel vets say it’s Russian disinformation.https://t.co/8m9IlBDyPW
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) September 29, 2020
NEW Russian sites are using POTUS’s own statements to spread disinformation & interfere in the election. Those in Cyber Command are aware the mission in the next 6 weeks involves taking down Russian posts that are quoting their own boss. W/ @SangerNYT https://t.co/2wY7VY1Qh0
— Zolan Kanno-Youngs (@KannoYoungs) September 23, 2020
Don’t miss this:
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) September 22, 2020
– Russia is interfering in the presidential election again
– It is doing so to benefit Trump & hurt Biden
– President Trump refuses to publically warn Russia off
– Trump’s personal attorney has met with a known Russian agent
2020 looks a lot like 2016.
NBC News confirms: The CIA assessed in late August that Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials are "probably" directing a Russian operation to intervene in the election by discrediting Joe Biden.https://t.co/0hhcoum4W3
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 22, 2020
Could also raise questions about why Trump won't touch the question of who poisoned Navalny. @nedprice https://t.co/QSgKdDwWJP
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) September 22, 2020
How Team Trump used Fox News as a laundromat for unverified Russian information about top Democrats
Trump and Russia use the same talking points. Ron Johnson is a Putin stooge.
Brand new story by @MarshallCohen, @OliverDarcy and @ZcohenCNN:
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 11, 2020
"How Team Trump used Fox News as a laundromat for unverified Russian information about top Democrats"https://t.co/4DW0EqSZ7V
Rosenstein limited Mueller
He prevented a full investigation of Trump’s connections to Russia. This is disgraceful.
New reporting: Rosenstein prevented Mueller from pursuing a counterintelligence investigation into Trump's Russia ties & limited him to the criminal investigation at hand, telling him "this is a criminal investigation. Do your job, and then shut it down.” https://t.co/EHhZ99V4Kj
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 30, 2020
The fix was always in with Rosenstein. He only appointed a special counsel after he got caught issuing a fraudulent memo to take credit for firing Comey. He panicked. But, as long as the boss was willing to not fire him “by tweet,” he was willing to “land this plane.” Nose first. https://t.co/EREaPfCdpw
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 30, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: From my new book .. DOJ in '17 secretly curtailed FBI counterintel investigation of Trump financial/personal ties to Russia. DOJ concealed this from FBI at time, leaving FBI w/ impression Mueller would do it. But Mueller ultimately didn't. https://t.co/mEBFCdqIP1
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) August 30, 2020
Good time to point out Rod Rosenstein is now in private practice representing an Israeli tech firm that the Senate Intelligence Committee identified as a foreign interference actor for the Trump Campaign.
— Robert J. DeNault (@robertjdenault) August 30, 2020
This was obvious long ago. Having it confirmed nails the lid on a since-closed coffin. Bob Mueller’s decision to accept so fatally compromised a role without complaint was inexcusable. https://t.co/tzJzNBniYs
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 30, 2020
The 2016 Trump campaign accepted Russian help
Maybe it’s not a criminal conspiracy but it’s bad. There’s no reason to think it’s not happening again this year. Putin should be thrilled by how much help he has gotten from Trump. He won’t get it from Biden.
“The Intelligence Committee report shows clear coordination between Russians and the Trump campaign” The Republican-led Intel report also concluded Trump committed perjury. It is time for him to go. https://t.co/mJOQqWjsUQ
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 20, 2020
The Senate just dropped a massive Russia bombshell (and most people missed it)https://t.co/UXRgKAljAN pic.twitter.com/uUDlcPsjlW
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 19, 2020
As I told @JRubinBlogger for her brilliant column, “there can be no remaining doubt. Trump & his campaign colluded with Russia to help them win the 2016 election.”
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) August 19, 2020
Jen was kind enough to note that my book proves the case: https://t.co/8QUhtkiv1i https://t.co/mQVDRqVrCC
"The Republican and Democratic chairmen of the Senate Intelligence Committee made criminal referrals of Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, Erik Prince and Sam Clovis to federal prosecutors in 2019” https://t.co/MRsgRiBaaP
— Eric Rauchway (@rauchway) August 18, 2020
The level of coordination between the Trump campaign and Wikileaks on that memorable day of October 7, 2016, remains striking—and insufficiently unexplained. https://t.co/abbihVXaMg
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) August 18, 2020
Analysis: The Senate’s big Russia report: What we learned, and what it means https://t.co/xZTTveJUIV
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 18, 2020
Senate Intelligence committee report shows more 2016 election cooperation between Russia and Trump campaign
Trump should be impeached again now. Of course, Senate Republicans will never convict him, no matter what he does.
Eight takeaways from the 1000-page Senate Intelligence Committee report, w/ @julianbarnes https://t.co/keYFxO87XP
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) August 18, 2020
The Trump campaign was offered Russian government assistance.
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) August 18, 2020
The Trump campaign sought Russian government assistance.
The Trump campaign received Russian government assistance.
Trump campaign personnel coordinated efforts with Russian intelligence operatives and Wikileaks.
Republican Senators knew all of this when they voted not to remove Trump from office for extorting a foreign power to interfere in our election. They have ratified Putin’s interference in our election. The fascist party hopes he’ll do it again. https://t.co/3fCHwlOYkv
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 18, 2020
The SSCI report seems to confirm two things we knew:
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) August 18, 2020
1. Trump solicited, welcomed, and benefited from Russian interference.
2. There wasn't sufficient evidence to charge anyone with a crime.
The fact we've let 2. become the excuse to ignore 1. was and is a national failure.
Trump commuted Stone's sentence last month https://t.co/ZjF6O6YoHI
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) August 18, 2020
Trump commuted Stone's sentence last month https://t.co/ZjF6O6YoHI
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) August 18, 2020
The report showed evidence of contacts between Trump campaign advisers and people tied to the Kremlin — including a longstanding associate of the Manafort, Konstantin Kilimnik, whom the report identifies as a “Russian intelligence officer.” https://t.co/dF364LcWBf
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) August 18, 2020
Wow. Senate Intel report bluntly states that Manafort associate Konstantin Kilimnik is a Russian intelligence officer. That’s further than Mueller went.https://t.co/35Qg3Ga2Fl
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) August 18, 2020
In a section on Russian "kompromat," the bipartsan Senate intel committee report notes that Trump "may have" begun an affair with a Russian woman during a trip to Moscow in 1996. pic.twitter.com/izDBoUEHKb
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) August 18, 2020
A bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report has concluded that Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort worked closely with a Russian intelligence officer who may have been involved in the hack and release of Democratic emails during the electionhttps://t.co/YHSWYKAMre
— POLITICO (@politico) August 18, 2020
Trump will claim that he had no idea what was going on in his own campaign, that he never directed any of this, and that Paul Manafort is a terrific guy and that he's very strongly looking at a pardon https://t.co/KCrTI1gTDR
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 18, 2020
A damning finding in the GOP-led Senate Intel Cmte report on 2016 election:
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 18, 2020
“…Manafort's presence on the Campaign & proximity to Trump created opportunities for Russian intelligence services to exert influence over & acquire confidential information on the Trump Campaign”
“….except for all of the clear acts of collusion that we documented.” https://t.co/BRq3gb0ka8
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) August 18, 2020
Manafort appears to have asked Kilimnik — a "Russian intelligence officer," per the report — for recommendations for Trump administration jobs.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 18, 2020
Manafort claimed Kushner and Giuliani were helping him get people hired. pic.twitter.com/VyF5fDR206
So. Perjury? https://t.co/jxqWUChuvq
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) August 18, 2020
Bipartisan Senate report concludes Trump team's Russia contacts posed major risk https://t.co/9Xtq2SrSSX
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) August 18, 2020
This is why Mueller’s decision not to subpoena Trump and try to force him to sit for questions mattered.
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 18, 2020
No follow up questions to Trump’s “I don’t recall” written answer to whether he spoke with Roger Stone about WikiLeaks, which was undoubtedly penned by his lawyers. https://t.co/ZMRzia1CSv
So, Senate Republicans ran with the Ukraine interference story in January knowing they endorsed this SSCI report saying the same story was part of a Russian intelligence disinfo op? https://t.co/inTgtEaVIq
— Alex Finley (@alexzfinley) August 18, 2020
He not only lies to you, he lies to law enforcement. The President is the biggest liar to ever hold the office. https://t.co/YfrmhWmTtF
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 18, 2020
The bipartisan Senate report makes Trump’s pardon of Roger Stone look all the more treacherous, and the Mueller Report all the less complete. https://t.co/OoogkXqyXI
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 18, 2020
Trump and Ron Johnson spread Russian propaganda
President Trump retweets Russian propaganda about Joe Biden that US intel agencies say is intended to influence 2020 election https://t.co/vBKPMIncQd pic.twitter.com/SsqejWJohv
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 17, 2020
Chairman Ron Johnson would rather spend time pushing Russian propaganda instead of holding a hearing on the damaging operational changes at USPS that adversely affect America’s veterans, seniors, and more.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 17, 2020
The Senate must also hold Louis DeJoy accountable. https://t.co/vjsb3oVMZB
Trump isn't just spreading propaganda. He is helping Russia attack us.
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) August 17, 2020
He is actively participating in a Russian influence operation that was publicly disclosed by @ODNIgov (obviously he has access to the underlying intel too)
Just filed a column on this so stay tuned. https://t.co/ssaTFzfHVA
Trump has retweeted an audio recording that U.S. intelligence officials have described as part of a Russian campaign to denigrate Joe Biden. Recording was released by Andrii Derkach, a member of Ukraine’s parliament & a graduate of a Russian spy academy.https://t.co/XxBBJRoSGj
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) August 17, 2020
“President Donald Trump has told aides he'd like to hold an in-person meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the November election” https://t.co/PPTuDubBWa
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 16, 2020
Besieged on all sides, Ron Johnson says his probe 'would certainly' help Trump win reelection. @kyledcheney https://t.co/l9NAwhuork
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) August 13, 2020
Over the last week, Devin Nunes, Ron Johnson, and Jason Miller each faced questions about political assistance from foreign sources. None of them wanted to talk about it. https://t.co/gCgEC7DrOj
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) August 3, 2020
Sen. #RonJohnson's bogus attempt to inflate Durham filing
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) August 17, 2020
On left:
Johnson on Fox News yesterday: "stunning" that CIA told FBI in Aug 2016 that Carter Page had been operational contact. "We only know that now."
On right:
Dec. 2019 Inspector General report detailing that info. pic.twitter.com/QgPEMks6QW
Don’t let this get lost.
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) August 17, 2020
Trump amplified content from a man whom the US IC specifically named as part of a Russian influence operation.
That helps Russia and hurts us.
Here is the @ODNIgov statement on influence operations – Derkach is named https://t.co/PPRAgvKbmP https://t.co/KlPTWmxe9X
After Moscow Trip, Ron Johnson Says Election Meddling Overblown – Roll Call https://t.co/4V2hZcSv64
— Sassy Wench Votes 4Joe Biden (@bad_pooky) August 16, 2020
I wrote a piece last year, after you came back from your Fourth of July visit with our enemies, predicting that you would spew Russian disinformation more loudly as it got closer to Election Day, and lo, I was right.
— Greg Olear (@gregolear) August 17, 2020
Defect, traitor. We see you.
Hours before the debate, Trump's Director of National Intelligence spreads an unverified Russian claim https://t.co/bB1P9h5WAJ
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) September 29, 2020
White House says Sen. Josh Hawley is “parroting Russian talking points” by arguing against Ukraine’s admission to NATO https://t.co/NhW14zIXyf
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 2, 2022
Sad! 