Trump has adopted a number of pro-Russian policy positions as a presidential candidate, suggesting the he would recognise Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and lift economic sanctions.
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Over the weekend, just as the Democratic National Convention started up in Philadelphia, Wikileaks began publishing emails purportedly coming from DNC officials; more than 19,000 of them, in a searchable database. “And I guess I’m deeply disturbed by that posturing”. (George W. Bush released only his Form 1040.) Trump claims he can not release his because he is being audited.
He has a total lack of respect for President Obama.
Trump shoots from the hip about all manner of subjects, and his offhand comments serve partly to keep his name in the headlines. National security experts not laughing. Trump may want to get his story straight.
The convention closes Thursday night following Clinton’s acceptance speech, during which the former secretary of state will make the case that she is better fit to be commander-in-chief than Trump.
“What they said on those emails is a disgrace”. “You take a look at what was said in those emails”, he said.
Less than 24 hours earlier, Trump said he would welcome Russian hackers releasing any emails they could “find” from the private email server Clinton used while serving as secretary of state.
Calls for Trump to release his tax returns came have been gaining steam and they’re now being fueled by a million-dollar bounty.
Instead of watching the fun, or keeping his comments aimed at what the Democrats did rather than who let the cat out of the bag, Trump made the worst mistake he could make. Trump said in a Fox News interview broadcast on Thursday (Friday NZT).
Wading into the United States election campaign, the Ukrainian ambassador said he expected any future USA president to respect UN decisions rejecting Russia’s annexation of Crimea. But he has put further distance between himself and the Republican playbook with a suggestion that the USA could recognize Russia’s forceful annexation of Crimea, which violates worldwide law.
It could soon find itself in that very position.
Trump on Wednesday said he wished Russian hackers would find tens of thousands of emails deleted from Clinton’s server.
The FBI is still investigating the incident, but stolen documents have been leaked to the public and could undermine support for Clinton.
Whatever the Federal Bureau of Investigation concludes, the US still needs to prevent cyberspies from stealing critical information, O’Neill said.
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Looking at Mr. Putin’s and Mr. Trump’s motives, there is already accumulating some informed commentary that says Mr. Trump is playing Moscow’s game because of business arrangements he has in place with Russian Federation.
