During her recent acceptance of the Democratic party nomination to run for the USA presidency Clinton said Russian Federation as an enemy and can not be trusted, a statement which clearly stung the Kremlin and seems to have heralded a new era for the coming presidency if Clinton wins.
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“I have no relationship with him (Putin)”, Trump said, adding that he had praised him the in the past because he had said some nice things about him.
Trump’s urging came as he rejected the growing USA government consensus that Russian Federation was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee – a stunning display of a foreign power’s meddling in a US presidential election. “Losing a child under any circumstance, especially in this case – two State Department employees, extraordinary men, both of them, two Central Intelligence Agency contractors gave their lives protecting our country, our values – I understand their grief and the incredible sense of loss that can motivate that”, Clinton said.
Part of the puzzle comes together with Trump’s campaign chief, Paul Manafort. However, the USA hasn’t recognized the legitimacy of Russian referendums in Crimea and believes they were not conducted fairly. “I don’t know anything about him other than he will respect me”.
Trump did provide more evidence of why Putin might be eager to support him.
Obama’s early hope for that reset with Moscow had largely evaporated even before Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and its military intervention in eastern Ukraine, which unnerved countries on NATO’s eastern flank that fear they also may be targets of Russian intimidation or aggression. ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Trump whether his campaign had worked to soften language toward Ukraine in the official Republican platform. He denied that he has business interests in Russia, which doesn’t explain why his son would have said Russian money plays a “disproportionate” role in “a lot of our assets”.
Clinton’s senior policy adviser, Jake Sullivan, released a statement in response to Trump’s comments on Wednesday.
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“I’m going to take a look at it. But, you know, the people of Crimea, from what I’ve heard, would rather be with Russian Federation than where they were”.
“Well, I don’t know what it means by having a relationship”, Trump said. “I’ve never met him”, Trump said. He did vote to grant President Barack Obama fast-track authority to negotiate the deal, but on Friday said he remains concerned about one of the issues in the partnership.
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But the exhortation for a United States adversary to use cyber intrusions against an American political candidate drew criticism from intelligence experts and other public figures, including some Republicans.
