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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,288 posts)
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 08:56 PM Oct 2020

3 Weeks To Go And Putin Could Still Help Trump, Ex-Administration Official Says

WASHINGTON ― With just three weeks before the Nov. 3 election, one major question remains unanswered: What does Russian dictator Vladimir Putin have up his sleeve to help President Donald Trump?

“I don’t think they want to miss this opportunity, to poke the United States one more time,” said Miles Taylor, once the chief of staff at Trump’s Department of Homeland Security and now a fierce Trump critic.

FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress last month that Russia is already interfering in the 2020 election by “actively” spreading propaganda through social media and friendly news outlets “primarily to denigrate (former) Vice President (Joe) Biden,” Trump’s Democratic challenger.

What’s unclear is if that is the extent of the effort, or if something else is in the works for the campaign’s closing days. Four years ago, Russia was releasing emails stolen from Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign on a daily basis through its ally, WikiLeaks, and Trump was citing them at his rallies as proof of his opponent’s “corruption.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/3-weeks-to-go-and-putin-could-still-help-trump-ex-administration-official-says/ar-BB19XbcZ?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP

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3 Weeks To Go And Putin Could Still Help Trump, Ex-Administration Official Says (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 OP
Could take on more sinister scenarios with disruptive acts on our systems beachbumbob Oct 2020 #1
ballots mailed out October 16 MFM008 Oct 2020 #2
Putin rso Oct 2020 #3
The difference this time is that the Senate is in play Buckeyeblue Oct 2020 #5
Putin rso Oct 2020 #6
This is one of the things that worries me. Doreen Oct 2020 #4

MFM008

(19,823 posts)
2. ballots mailed out October 16
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 09:04 PM
Oct 2020

here in WA.
I honestly feel NOTHING is gonna help maggot.
The cake is baked.
The concrete is dry.

rso

(2,273 posts)
3. Putin
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 09:31 PM
Oct 2020

Putin knows that he has to be very careful, as Biden will be fully apprised of any major interference, and Putin is well aware that Biden can cripple him with increased sanctions, to say nothing of unleashing our superior offensive cyber activities which Donnie has of course held back.

Buckeyeblue

(5,502 posts)
5. The difference this time is that the Senate is in play
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 10:08 PM
Oct 2020

A Biden administration with a Democratic Congress could really make things tough on Putin.

rso

(2,273 posts)
6. Putin
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 10:24 PM
Oct 2020

As it concerns sanctions yes, but even without the Senate, Biden could order the launch of a cyber offensive that would be very painful for Putin.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
4. This is one of the things that worries me.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 09:45 PM
Oct 2020

Puti, voter suppression, and other cheating is why I do not trust the polls. Hey, the pulls looked good for Hillary all day long in 2016 then bam donny was our fake president.

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