U.S. Warns Russia on Bounties While Trump Cries 'Fake News'
Source: The Daily Beast
The U.S. State Department has issued warnings to Russia that there will be repercussions if Moscow pays bounties to the Taliban for successfully killing American soldiers, according to two senior American officials and another individual with knowledge of the matter.
The warnings were issued through the departments diplomatic channels after public news reports in June that the U.S. had gathered intelligence about the Russian bounties, those officials said. One official described the communications as serious. Another said that Moscow responded by denying the reports it had set up or funded a bounty program to kill U.S. troops.
These secret warnings stand in contrast to what President Trump has said about the intelligence in question. In an interview earlier this week, Trump said he did not believe the bounties were worth raising in a recent conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. That was a phone call to discuss other things, and frankly thats an issue that many people said was fake news, Trump said in a recent interview.
The New York Times reported June 26 that Russia had covertly offered the Taliban cash in exchange for killing U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan and that the intelligence had been included in a presidential daily briefing packet in February. White House officials have consistently said that the bounty intelligence has not been verified. Officials previously told The Daily Beast that there was disagreement in the intelligence and national security communities over the intelligence and the methods used to gather it.
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ffr
(22,672 posts)That's how traitors work, attacking those who stand up for our military. Anyone would have to be a fool to vote conservative if you were in the armed forces. This regime does not have your back. Watch your step and change party affiliation to democrat before he makes Swiss Cheese out of all of you.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)He's getting awfully defensive and offensive when it comes to this topic, as well as the mail-in voting.
He has a horrible "Poker" face, that's for sure. But we only have a few months to nail down what the hell they have planned.
lamp_shade
(14,846 posts)At the last presser and again yesterday outside on the lawn, something about the look on his face... his eyes... struck me. I thought "beady-eyed", but your description is the one I was looking for.
Cha
(297,774 posts)joshdawg
(2,651 posts)The only thing fake is trump the traitor.
Any other President would be jumping mad at this and demand satisfaction, but not traitor trump.
His "many people" are those voices he hears bouncing around in his empty skull.