{"id":40284,"date":"2020-06-30T11:28:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40284"},"modified":"2020-06-30T11:28:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:28:42","slug":"donald-trump-r-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/30\/donald-trump-r-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump* [R-Russia]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first time I covered this story, most of you were surprised to read it.  Now it\u2019s all over the news, so I\u2019ll cover it again.  Not only has criminal Fuhrer Trump* known that Russia pays bounties to Afghan terrorists for killing US troops, but also Trump\u2019s* only response had been to fight to add Russia to and invite Putin to the G7, over the objections if our allies.<\/font><\/p>\n

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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<\/strong>, two officials familiar with the matter said.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The new information emerged as the White House tried on Monday to play down the intelligence assessment that Russia sought to encourage and reward killings \u2014 including reiterating a claim that Mr. Trump was never briefed about the matter<\/strong> and portraying the conclusion as disputed and dubious.<\/p>\n

But that stance clashed with the disclosure by two officials that the intelligence was included months ago in Mr. Trump\u2019s President\u2019s Daily Brief<\/strong> document \u2014 a compilation of the government\u2019s latest secrets and best insights about foreign policy and national security that is prepared for him to read. One of the officials said the item appeared in Mr. Trump\u2019s brief in late February; the other cited Feb. 27, specifically<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Moreover, a description of the intelligence assessment that the Russian unit had carried out the bounties plot was also seen as serious and solid enough to disseminate more broadly across the intelligence community in a May 4 article in the C.I.A.\u2019s World Intelligence Review, a classified compendium commonly referred to as The Wire<\/strong>, two officials said\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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If you\u2019re wondering why Russia is doing this, it\u2019s an act of vengeance.  When Russia invaded Afghanistan, Republican Presidents in the 1980s supported Osama bin Laden and the Taliban with weapons and money<\/a> to kill Russian troops.  So this problem, not to mention the existence of Al Qaeda and ISEL, aka the Daesh, is a gift from the Republican Reich.  Now, back to the present.<\/font><\/p>\n

What To Know About Allegations That Russia Bribed The Taliban To Kill U.S. Troops<\/a><\/p>\n