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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 01:24 PM Oct 2020

Trump's ex-national security adviser says president is 'aiding and abetting' Putin

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/01/former-national-security-adviser-trump-putin-424458

Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Thursday that President Donald Trump is “aiding and abetting” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to sow doubt about the American electoral system.

The stern warning from McMaster, who Trump handpicked to lead the White House National Security Council in 2017, came in an interview on MSNBC, after he was asked whether he agreed that the president posed the greatest threat to U.S. election integrity.

“I agree that he is aiding and abetting Putin’s efforts by not being direct about this, right? By not just calling out Putin for what he’s doing,” McMaster said.


“You know, Putin gets away with, I mean, literally murder or attempted murder … because people don’t call him out on it,” he added. “And so they are able to continue with this kind of fire hose of falsehood, to sow these conspiracy theories. And we just can’t be our own worst enemies.”
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Trump's ex-national security adviser says president is 'aiding and abetting' Putin (Original Post) steve2470 Oct 2020 OP
saying it and having proof of it are 2 different things, now secret recordings and communications, beachbumbob Oct 2020 #1
Now? Me. Oct 2020 #2
Joe Biden will call him out AND put the Vulcan nerve pinch on Vlad Budi Oct 2020 #3
Is it because he's broke and can't pay his debt to Putin now? duforsure Oct 2020 #4
 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
1. saying it and having proof of it are 2 different things, now secret recordings and communications,
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 01:27 PM
Oct 2020

this means something

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
3. Joe Biden will call him out AND put the Vulcan nerve pinch on Vlad
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 01:48 PM
Oct 2020

No problem for Joe!

Vlad will not get the last laugh.

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