WATCH: Trump Is
Asked Whether Russia Is Still Targeting Us. His Answer Is Amazing.
ByBen Shapiro
@benshapiro
July 18, 2018
On Wednesday, just a day after walking back his comments
regarding the intelligence community and Russian hacking – and openly
acknowledging that Russia did attempt to hack Democratic institutions –
President Trump was asked a question about Russia’s continued efforts to sow
chaos in the political system. “Is Russia still targeting the US?” he was
asked. “No,” he quickly replied. “No. No.” He then added, “No president has
been as tough as I have been on Russia. I think President Putin knows that
better than anyone. Better than the media.”
According to Trump’s own Director of National
Intelligence Dan Coats, this is untrue. Just four days ago, he stated while
speaking before the Hudson Institute that “the warning lights are blinking red”
regarding Russian cyberinterference.
He said the digital infrastructure of the United States “is literally under
attack.” He said the worst aggressor was Russia, “no question.” Coats explained
that if confronted with Putin, he would say, “We know what you’re doing, and we
know you know what you’re doing and what we’re doing. If your goal is to
strengthen Russia in the proper way, we can cooperate with you. But if you want
to stay in this tit-for-tat, we’re going to beat you.”
Yet now Trump says that Russia no longer poses a
cyberthreat.
This isn’t just foolish, it’s damaging. It’s damaging
because Putin could easily be thinking that American anti-Russian activity will
scale down, given Trump’s comments ripping NATO, his unwillingness to condemn
Russian election interference, and now his statement that Russia is no longer threatening
us in the cybersphere.
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