Russian Federation is a prime suspect in the hacking of Democratic National Committee computers, which led to the release of emails showing that party officials favored Clinton over Sanders for the presidential nomination. All of this has jolted the world, not to mention the US presidential campaign.
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Trump’s talk about Russian Federation raising new questions about his relationship with its president, Vladimir Putin.
Yet for all that, he’s consistent with some long-held US views, many experts say. And past USA administrations of both parties have quietly complained that other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members should pay their share to the alliance. However, the US hasn’t recognized the legitimacy of Russian referendums in Crimea and believes they were not conducted fairly. “I don’t hold any ill feeling for someone who in that moment may not fully recall everything that was or wasn’t said”.
“I would treat Vladimir Putin firmly, but there’s nothing I can think of that I’d rather do than have Russian Federation friendly, as opposed to the way they are right now, so that we can go and knock out ISIS with other people”, Trump said at a news conference. “Despite the promise of sanctions easing the bigger concern is the unpredictability of a Trump presidency when it comes to geo-politics; you simply don’t know how he would react in any given situation”.
Washington has been wondering whether Putin is attempting to tip the USA election to Trump.
You know what, I don’t have a sense of humor about cyber terrorism, and I don’t have a sense of humor about what Russian Federation is up to.
“And besides that wouldn’t it be good if we actually got along with countries”.
Russia has no respect for our country, if it is Russia, Trump said. He said one nice thing about me; he said I’m a genius. “Russian relations. It can’t be worse”, Trump said.
Once again, Trump’s position is diametrically opposed to that of his own party’s leaders.
Let’s be clear about what this means: The Republican candidate for president has invited a hostile foreign power to conduct an unlawful cyberattack against his opponent and to make public emails she deemed personal and private.
That view runs counter to the Obama administration, which imposed economic sanctions against Russian Federation for annexing the territory in Ukraine two years ago.
Russia’s suspected role in the hack of the Democratic National Committee’s emails “raises serious issues about Russian interference in our elections, in our democracy”, Clinton said in her first interview with Fox of the 2016 campaign.
“He said very nice things about me, but I have no relationship with him”.
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov says the visit will also include talks “on bilateral issues and business ties”. It’s been employed repeatedly: The Obama administration has publicly blamed North Korea for the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment and filed criminal charges against five Chinese military officials it accused of siphoning corporate secrets and against Iranian hackers it accused of digital attacks on a NY dam.
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At the convention, Leon Panetta, former CIA director and defense secretary, said Trump is asking a USA adversary to engage in hacking or intelligence efforts against the United States of America to affect an election.. In that job, he worked to assemble a group of nations to counter Islamic State militants.
