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Posted by Allan on Wed Jul 18 14:14:35 2018 Reported via Reutershttps://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/07/18/president-trump-says-russia-is-no-longer-targeting-us-contradicting-intelligence-assessments/23484822/ "WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he does not believe Russia is still targeting the United States, contradicting U.S. intelligence assessments that Moscow was continuing its attempts to meddle in American elections. Trump on Tuesday tried to walk back comments that he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin over American intelligence chiefs on Russian interference in the 2016 election, saying that he had misspoken a day earlier after a summit meeting with Putin in Helsinki. Asked by reporters on Wednesday if Russia was still targeting the United States, Trump shook his head and said, "No." U.S. intelligence officials have said Russian election interference efforts are continuing and now target the upcoming congressional elections in November.Trump has been scrambling to undo the damage from his comments on Monday in which he gave credence to Putin's denials over the conclusions of American intelligence services. "We're doing very well, probably as well as anybody has ever done with Russia. And there's been no president ever as tough as I have been on Russia," Trump told reporters before a Cabinet meeting at the White House. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told a congressional committee in February that he already had seen evidence Russia was targeting U.S. elections in November, when Republican control of the House of Representatives and Senate are at stake, plus a host of positions in state governments. In rebutting Trump's dismissive comments about U.S. intelligence on Monday, Coats said in a statement, "We have been clear in our assessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy." (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Writing by Doina Chiacu, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Will Dunham)" Yeah right. Fool me once shame on you - fool me twice Trump gets reelected. |
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Posted by AlM on Wed Jul 18 14:27:15 2018, in response to President Trump says Russia is no longer targeting US, posted by Allan on Wed Jul 18 14:14:35 2018. Dan Coats is clearly chopped liver.Must have been Obama who appointed him. |
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Posted by Fred G on Wed Jul 18 14:28:53 2018, in response to President Trump says Russia is no longer targeting US, posted by Allan on Wed Jul 18 14:14:35 2018. 
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Posted by Fred G on Wed Jul 18 15:37:22 2018, in response to Re: President Trump says Russia is no longer targeting US, posted by AlM on Wed Jul 18 14:27:15 2018. Kind of like how GW Bush didn't heed Clinton appointees before 9/11. |
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Posted by AlM on Wed Jul 18 15:38:13 2018, in response to Re: President Trump says Russia is no longer targeting US, posted by Fred G on Wed Jul 18 15:37:22 2018. Except that it isn't. :) |
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Posted by Dave on Wed Jul 18 16:26:37 2018, in response to Re: President Trump says Russia is no longer targeting US, posted by Fred G on Wed Jul 18 14:28:53 2018. What a great movie. |
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Posted by Fred G on Wed Jul 18 16:34:57 2018, in response to Re: President Trump says Russia is no longer targeting US, posted by Dave on Wed Jul 18 16:26:37 2018. When asked, Angela Lansbury said it was the most important film she was in, or something like that. She's been in a LOT of films. |
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LOLlolLOLlol Re: President Trump says Russia is no longer targeting US |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Wed Jul 18 20:41:59 2018, in response to President Trump says Russia is no longer targeting US, posted by Allan on Wed Jul 18 14:14:35 2018. |
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