Tuesday, July 17, 2018

TRUMP UNDER PRESSURE 'FAKE NEWS GOING CRAZY'

Under fire, Trump says he misspoke on Russia election meddling

 

Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday moved to limit the damage from his summit with Vladimir Putin, claiming he misspoke in appearing to accept the Russian leader's denial of election meddling -- in a rebuke to US intelligence chiefs.

At their meeting in Helsinki on Monday, Trump failed to challenge Putin over the 2016 presidential election, seeming to accept at face value the strongman's denial that Moscow interfered in a bid to undermine Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

But faced with outrage at home, with even some of his political allies demanding that he reverse course, Trump -- in an extraordinary postscript to the summit -- sought to walk back his remarks.

Trump said he accepted the intelligence community's assessment that Russia had meddled in the election, and offered a rambling explanation of his assertion that he could not see "any reason" why Russia would interfere.

"In a key sentence in my remarks, I said the word 'would' instead of 'wouldn't'," Trump said, speaking at the White House ahead of a meeting with Republican lawmakers.

"The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be Russia.' Sort of a double negative," he added -- repeating the laborious clarification several times.

But while the US leader expressed his "full faith and support for America's great intelligence agencies," he insisted that "Russia's actions had no impact at all on the outcome of the election."

And he again floated the idea that "other people" could be involved.
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer was quick to pounce.

"President Trump tried to squirm away from what he said yesterday. It's 24 hours too late, and in the wrong place," Schumer said.

- 'Undermine democracy' -

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling and possible collusion with the Trump campaign has increasingly put pressure on the White House.

The president -- who regards the probe as an attack on his legitimacy -- has dubbed it a "witch hunt," and again said Tuesday there were "no collusion at all."
But the investigation is progressing, as evidenced by the indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence agents on Friday -- timing that was embarrassing ahead of the summit with Putin.

Trump initially sounded a defensive note on Tuesday, insisting his meeting with Putin had been "even better" than his one last week with traditional allies NATO -- a testy gathering seen as having badly strained trans-Atlantic ties.

But the US president found precious little support for his decision not to confront the Russian leader -- on either side of the political aisle.

Former House speaker and longtime Trump ally Newt Gingrich put it bluntly.
"It is the most serious mistake of his presidency and must be corrected -- immediately," he tweeted as Trump headed home.

By Tuesday afternoon when he faced the cameras, Trump had changed tack.
"We're doing everything in our power to prevent Russian interference in 2018," the president said.

After his remarks, the White House released a fact sheet on how the US is "standing up to Russia's malign activities" -- a clear bid to counter the notion that Trump had been soft on Putin.

Former president Barack Obama appeared to allude to his successor in a speech in South Africa on Tuesday, blasting "strongman politics" -- without naming Trump.

While Trump was not entirely without defenders, the bipartisan consensus was broadly hostile to his stance in Helsinki -- as the top Republican in Congress, House Speaker Paul Ryan made clear at a press conference Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

"We stand by our NATO allies and all those countries who are facing Russian aggression," Ryan said. "Vladimir Putin does not share our interests, Vladimir Putin does not share our values."

"We just conducted a year-long investigation into Russia's interference in our elections. They did interfere in our elections. It's really clear," he said.
"Russia is trying to undermine democracy itself."

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

He shouldn't backpedal, he should double down. Are the intelligence agencies fallible and corrupt? Hell yeah!

Anonymous said...

This crap is becoming very sickening. Criminals running the top law agencies in our country and they continue to blame Trump for everything. There is a saying when you point your finger at someone there are three pointing back at you. I believe the ones making all the accusations are the real guilty ones.

marie said...

I agree! DOUBLE DOWN PRESIDENT TRUMP! ONLY APOLOGIZE WHEN YOU HAVE MADE A MISTAKE AND YOU DID NOT MAKE A MISTAKE AS YOU HAVE YOUR OWN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND YOU KNOW THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. NEVER BACK DOWN! STOP CALLING THEM FAKE NEW...INSTEAD CALL THEM TRAITOROUS NEWS AND THEN TELL THEM TO GO F*** THEMSELVES IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

Anonymous said...

Take heart, our friend Donald Trump is an amazing being and has our best interests in his heart. A genius at work on a multi-dimensional global chessboard. President Putin likewise. Amazing times. Do not fear.

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Anonymous said...

Liberalism and democracy are the vehicles of communism - Rothschild bankster ideology infecting the minds of the dumbed-downed masses. It cannot save mankind, quite the opposite, on the contrary. Chuck Schumer is showing his true colors and loyalty to the beast system, his mark of the beast so to speak.

President Ronald Reagan: "If fascism ever comes to America it will come in the name of liberalism"

Source: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ronald-reagan-fascism-liberalism/

Vote for Obama .. because socialism worked so well in Russia ... do own research, many links in chain of events not mentioned ... 1776 AGENDA of the New World Order – ordered by a Rothschild (Boston Tea Party)

Sources:
https://www.catholicamericanthinker.com/communist-lie.html
https://wewhoopposedeception.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/the-1776-agenda-of-the-new-world-order-ordered-by-a-rothschild-designed-by-a-jesuit/

"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But, under the name of 'Liberalism', they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."

He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform."

Norman Matoon Thomas Nov 20, 1884 - Dec 19, 1968
Six time Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party of America. From a 1944 speech

Source: https://www.catholicamericanthinker.com/communist-manifesto.html

It's not over until it's over. Either communism destroys us or we live to see the dawn of a new day. Be vigilant.

Anonymous said...

Snowflakes
Nancy Pelosi listen up

Anonymous said...

I agree, Marie, give 'em hell! Terry and Jody- LMAO!!!!!