Why Does Trump Put Russia First?

NYT ^ | June 30, 2020 | Susan Rice

[upchuck]

It’s exceedingly difficult to believe that no one told the president about the intelligence on Russian efforts to harm Americans in Afghanistan.

Since at least February, and possibly as early as March 2019, the United States has had compelling intelligence that a committed adversary, Russia, paid bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill American troops in Afghanistan. American service members were reportedly killed as a result.

To this day, the president of the United States has done nothing about it.

Instead, President Trump dismissed the intelligence as not “credible” and “possibly another fabricated Russia hoax, maybe by the Fake News” that is “wanting to make Republicans look bad!!!”

Mr. Trump also claimed that neither he nor Vice President Mike Pence was ever told about this critical intelligence before it was first reported in The New York Times. Setting aside for a moment the credulity of that claim, whenever the president learned of this deeply troubling intelligence, why did he not publicly condemn any Russian efforts to kill American soldiers and explore options for a swift and significant U.S. response?

None of this adds up.

As a former national security adviser, I find it exceedingly difficult to believe that no one told Mr. Trump about this intelligence.

It was reportedly contained in the president’s daily briefing, which is provided to all top-level national security officials.

[piasa]

Isn’t she one of those who decided not to brief Trump the incoming president on certain things?

[piasa]

Isn’t she one of those who decided not to brief Trump the incoming president on certain things?

Like those in the FBI, etc., not informing him that Carter Page or Flynn was being investigated?

[bagster]

Why do the American communists hate Putin so much? There’s gotta be a story there.

Because Putin is currently the Trump side of America's ally in the war on the derp state.

That's why the derps have been trying so hard to keep Trump and Putin apart.

China and the derps are the true enemy.

[moehoward]

By the book
By the book
By the book

[Fedora]

KeyWiki: Rosa Brooks: "In 1970 Rosa Brooks was born to prominent socialist activists Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich[1]. She was named after Rosa Parks and Rosa Luxemburg, the German revolutionary, as well as a great-grandmother. . .From 2001-2006, Brooks was an associate professor[4]at the University of Virginia School of Law. In 2000-2001, she was a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a consultant to the Open Society Institute and to Human Rights Watch. Rosa Brooks worked at the U.S. State Department until 1999, where she was senior advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Before joining the State Department, Brooks was a lecturer at Yale Law School. . .In 2004 Brooks served as director or the Kerry-Edwards campaign's task force on democracy, development & human rights. . .On November 29, 2006 Open Society Institute held a roundtable discussion entitled "How Do Progressives Connect Ideas to Action?" Individuals and organizations with similarly progressive goals often dilute their power by working alone or even working at cross-purposes. As Americans who are politically left of center move forward, questions of infrastructure, communication, and collaboration are particularly important. Participants included several key leaders of the "progressive" movement[5]; Deepak Bhargava Center for Community Change; Robert Borosage Campaign for America's Future; Rosa Brooks Open Society Institute. . ." (Borosage, incidentally, helped the Soviets against the U.S. intelligence community after Watergate, working closely with Hillary Clinton's network at Yale.)

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

Sounds like something the Democrats made up.
Funny this past weekend I watch that Canadian Bacon movie, except in that they weren’t trying to undermine the president and he knew about it.

[wac3rd]

How is this skank even remotely given a stage?

[upchuck]

How is this skank even remotely given a stage?

Consider the quality of the stage. Rice fits right in.

[MarvinStinson]

Susan Rice (who said that deserter Bergdahl served with “distinction”) speaks.

[oldenuff35]

Why does the NYT tell these big bald faced lies?

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Congress has the responsibility to declare war.

What the Dems claim Putin did was obviously an act of War.

President Trump can NOT declare War. Only Congress can.

Madam Speaker Pelosi, we expect you to lead your Congress in a declaration of War against Russia.

Do it now. President Biden will lead us in War.

[SauronOfMordor]

I think that, if ANYONE was offering bounties, it was Iran, and this story is a diversion.

[Ann Archy]

I PRAY there is an ORANGE JUMPSUIT in her NEAR FUTURE!

[knighthawk]

Did he sell off 20% of our uranium?

[palmer]

She gave money to Iran to kill our troops

150,000,000,000 truths in that comment.

[sauropod]

The correct word is “spews.”

[abbastanza]

NYT=Liar.

[bert]

NYT = American enemy

[Leep]

The dems detest the notion or suggestion that America was or is great.
They hate the USC as it was intended.
They have nothing but admiration for dictatorships (”democracies”) like Cuba and Venezuela.
Otherwise, they have used nearly every dirty trick in the book to unseat a legitimately elected President.
And even with all that Trump managed to get the economy humming.
That is the dems second greatest threat..a robust economy and the number one threat to the dems is a debt free America.
WHich they see to it that neither ever happen.
And their greatest fear is the rule of law. In a truly fair and just world ..most of the dems would be in jail?

[wardamneagle]

Rice will be Hairy Leg Joe running mate....