The djp BEGGED RUSSIA on TV to find the 33,000 emails of Hilary Clinton and promised they'd be rewarded bigly for it. Guess what happened 5 hours later THAT AFTERNOON? You guessed it. Russia hacked away and began to hack and slay all things Hillary and the rest is history via the group of which the djp said in multiplilcity "I LOVE WIKILEAKS!"
He forgets he begged Russia on national TV for Russian assistance and refuses to acknowledge they came to his rescue THAT VERY SAME DAY and meddled in the 2016 prez election ON HIS BEHALF very hugely and bigly which is what caused the investigation in Russian interference from beginning in the first place. Convenient memory gap.
Jan 11, 2017 · For the first time, President-elect Donald J. Trump concedes Russia probably meddled in the election. Mr. Trump’s evocation of Nazi persecution prompts a fierce blowback.
The president also insists no collusion took place between Russian officials and his presidential campaign. Updated July 17, 2018 4:38 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—A day after questioning the U.S. intelligence community’s findings that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, President Donald Trump reversed course on Tuesday,...
Nov 11, 2017 · President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday he's done confronting RussianPresident Vladimir Putin over his country's election meddling since it's insulting to the Russian leader.
In response to Russian interference in the 2016 election and other malfeasance, the Trump Administration has sanctioned Russian oligarchs and intelligence entities.
Throughout 2017 and 2018, the U.S. sanctioned numerous Russian actors for violating non-proliferation laws by supporting weapons programs in Iran and Syria, and supporting North Korea's development of weapons of mass destruction.
The Trump Administration has issued sanctions against more than one hundred Russian actors and firms for Russia's destabilizing actions in Ukraine and its ongoing occupation of Crimea.
In March 2017, in response to Russia's use of a military-grade chemical weapon in the United Kingdom, the Trump Administration ordered multiple Russian consulates in the United States closed and expelled 60 Russian intelligence officers.
Due to sanctions imposed by the Trump Administration, the Russian economy and Russian geo-economic projects have been severely constrained.
In 2018, as Russian investors reacted to new sanctions, the Russian Ruble made its biggest fall in over three years, and, as of July 2018, is down nearly nine percent against the dollar.
As a part of its sanctions against Russia, the United States has prevented numerous companies from partnering with Russian offshore oil projects, denying these projects access to capital and key resources.
The Trump Administration has also opposed Russian President Vladimir Putin's largest geo-economic project, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which could generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for Russia.
In the wake of Russian provocations, President Trump has exercised U.S. military power and worked to bolster U.S. allies in Europe.
In 2017, President Trump approved the sale of lethal weapons to Ukraine addressing the country's vulnerability to Russian-backed separatists in its eastern provinces.
Under the Trump Administration, Russian mercenaries and other pro-Syrian regime forces attacking U.S. troops in Syria were killed.
The U.S. has increased troops and its military capability in Eastern Europe and dramatically increased training and drills with its NATO partners.
In 2018, the U.S. Department of Defense increased its spending as part of the European Deterrence Initiative by $1.4 billion dollars.
Due to pressure from President Trump, U.S.' NATO allies have increased defense expenditures by five percent.
What did Obama do? Tell Putin to "quit it" and have them push a plastic mistranslated "reset" button....oooh scary.
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