Trump Got Written Briefing in February on Possible Russian Bounties, Officials Say.
Source: nyt
The investigation into Russias suspected operation is said to focus in part on the killings of three Marines in a truck bombing last year, officials said.
American officials provided a written briefing in late February to President Trump laying out their conclusion that a Russian military intelligence unit offered and paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan, two officials familiar with the matter said.
The investigation into the suspected Russian covert operation to incentivize such killings has focused in part on an April 2019 car bombing that killed three Marines as one such potential attack, according to multiple officials familiar with the matter.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/us/politics/trump-russia-plot-afghanistan.html?
dem4evah
(75 posts)don't think we can wait 4 months to vote him out. He's tearing this country apart by the hour. DUMP HIS SICK, ORANGE ASS REPUKES or you'll go down with him
bmpbmp
(310 posts).. this one has me the hottest. This afternoon was the first time I was concerned about my blood pressure shooting too high.
Prison isn't good enough for trump. And yeah, I think it's bad now, but I know it's just gonna get worse.
TRAITOR!!!
I get so pissed about it, I try and distract myself with something else to take my mind off it. Then it flashes in my mind what he's done and my BP and anxiety spike again. It's just..........ENOUGH of this fucker.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Trumps 13 year old teenage logic, of No It didnt, I dont remember, it wasnt me, doesnt work any more.
Such a mastermind.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,844 posts)Because Trump DOES NOT have a great memory.
still_one
(92,482 posts)Blue Owl
(50,536 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)chowder66
(9,093 posts)because she is given talking points. So in her mind she isn't the one actually doing the "lying" but she is repeating the lies given to her.
Nevilledog
(51,241 posts)This becomes the international equivalent of actual murder instead of just the conspiracy to commit murder.
I find that to be a big difference. Tying it to actual specific deaths makes this so much worse for me.
The only thing that would have made it more spot-on would be if the number of casualties was four so that he could go to jail choking on the remnants of a Benghazi chant in his throat.
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)...there are reports that Bolton is saying he briefed Trump on this in March 2019...that's one month before the truck-bombing that killed three Marines.
That's one month in which Trump could have called Putin and told him "we know one of your units is doing this...find them and stop them." Instead, he kept quiet, and allowed Marines under his command to die for nothing.
I don't want to ever hear a single Republican who tries to excuse Trump's behavior on this dare to use the phrase "support our troops" again.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,844 posts)Thee is no way he can now salute those waiting at Marine 1, on the tarmac, knowing what they know now regarding this new scandal.
Trump is a disgusting pile of orange shit that should be hounded for the rest of his miserable life on how he betrayed our Troops in Afghanistan and all serving overseas.
There are Veterans amongst his rabid base who just might be disgusted as well.
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)Lots of people (myself included) worry that, if Trump loses in November, he'll try to find some way to void the election via a "state of emergency" and remain in office indefinitely.
That would essentially mean declaring martial law, and relying on the support of the military. Do you think they'll be ready to support a leader who left them to die because he'd have to cross his pal Vlad otherwise?
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)... around the time of tRump clearing out protesters so he could make his fake photo op at the church.
This makes it even less likely they would prop him up after losing an election.
Cha
(297,885 posts)burrowowl
(17,653 posts)vsrazdem
(2,177 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Most will contradict each other.
What a freakin' traitor this mope is.
SCantiGOP
(13,874 posts)He either cant, or wont, read.
elleng
(131,253 posts)his hearing is ok.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)He is not in the military, but tRump needs to lose all his rank in November.
live love laugh
(13,181 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)AdamGG
(1,296 posts)If he didn't choose to seek more information when he heard the topic was this serious, it tells you all you need to know.