But in Russian Federation there is little doubt which candidate the Kremlin believes closer to its line of thinking.
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That’s also despite having encouraged Russian Federation to “find” Clinton’s emails just six weeks ago. “If (Putin) says great things about me, I’m gonna say great things about him”.
“For Trump to both encourage that and to praise Putin despite what appears to be a deliberate effort to try to affect the election I think raises national security issues”, Clinton told Fox News in August.
Earlier Wednesday, Trump pledged to increase USA military spending – already at levels far higher than any other nation – and to demand a plan to beat the Islamic State (IS) group if he becomes president.
Trump’s appearance on the controversial television station could exacerbate an already icy relationship with the USA political press. “Right now part of the problem is nobody gets prosecuted”, Trump said.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump heaped more praise on Russian President Vladimir Putin during NBC’s Commander-in-Chief forum on Wednesday.
PHOTO:Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with Matt Lauer at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, New York, NY Sept. 7, 2016.
It was the first time Trump and Clinton had squared off on the same stage since accepting their parties’ presidential nominations in July for the November 8 election. “Permitting there to be an ongoing civil war in Libya would be as threatening and as unsafe as what we are seeing in Syria”, she said. “We were stablemates, and we did very well that night”.
Clinton said she will convene a national security meeting Friday with former advisers to Presidents Obama and George W. Bush, including Homeland Security Secretaries Michael Chertoff and Janet Napolitano, and retired Navy admiral Jim Stavridis. And that’s a very different system and I don’t happen to like the system. He said I’m a genius. “Trump has a point on Putin Senate leader set to jam House conservatives in spending fight Freedom Caucus members mull RSC bids MORE (R-Ariz.) told BuzzFeed on Thursday”. (Some NSFW.) A kissing Trump and Putin adorned a street mural in Lithuania earlier in this campaign.
Until recently, Trump’s campaign was run by Paul Manafort, who previously worked in Ukraine on behalf of a pro-Russia candidate.
Trump’s continued unvarnished praise instead of unequivocal condemnation for Putin is yet another example of where the party’s standard-bearer has broken with GOP orthodoxy.
“I think when he calls me ‘brilliant, ‘ I’ll take the compliment”, Trump said, referring to a compliment the Russian leader was rumored to have given Trump in December 2015.
More than backing Trump, Russia analysts and US intelligence officials have warned they believe Russia may be seeking to sow uncertainty and undermine confidence in America’s democratic process by trying to interfere in the elections. The two reportedly talked several times a day. Putin has filled that void, so in that regard, he’s been more effective than Obama.
In fact, most Americans have a very negative opinion of Putin. A peculiar, miniature version of the US campaign has appeared recently on Moscow’s streets, with pro-Kremlin state-funded activist groups demonstrating to praise Trump and aggressively criticizing Clinton, who they paint as a warmonger and a liar.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday added 11 companies linked to the Russian arms sector to the sanctions list the government compiled immediately after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, restricting their exports to the United States.
