It seems even more remarkable that the Republican Party’s presidential nominee has been lavishing praise on Putin even as Russian Federation maneuvers to diminish America’s influence in the world.
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Speaking to Larry King on RT America, which is an arm of government-funded news outlet Russia Today, Trump said it would “not be appropriate” if Russian forces were looking to influence the race, which is suspected by some investigators and has been fanned by Hillary Clinton’s campaign as recently as Thursday morning.
“Well, I think the dishonesty of the media”. “If they are doing something, I hope that somebody’s going to be able to find out so they can end it”.
Private cybersecurity analysts have blamed Russian intelligence agencies for electronic break-ins into Democratic Party computers, including a breach of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the House Democrats’ campaign arm.
When Trump praises Putin, these praises should raise alarm bells in the minds of all Americans, whether they’re Republicans, Democrats or Independents.
Mr Trump’s willingness to air political dirty laundry on the RT network, a 24-hour news channel that airs programmes in both Russian and other languages to audiences mostly outside Russia itself, has reinforced impressions of his wanting to cozy up to the Moscow authorities.
The Trump campaign said on Friday that Mr Trump had done the interview only as a favour to Mr King, an old friend. “In my view, it completely disqualifies him on the spot as our Commander-in-Chief”. “We have nothing to do with it”.
Trump on Wednesday renewed his praise of Putin for having “great control over his country”.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed Thursday to intensify their efforts to convince the warring parties in Syria to achieve a cease-fire in the city of Aleppo, Anadolu reported.
“One has to be a little careful to let flattery affect one’s judgment”, Corker told CNN.
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A year ago – when Putin returned the flattery and called Trump a “talented person” and “the absolute leader of the presidential race” – Trump basked in the compliment. She said Trump’s statements are “more evidence that he is temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be commander in chief”.
