Americans are no strangers to the allegations that Trump is in bed with the Russians. But do most Americans know why they even think that? Richard North Patterson, a columnist for the Huffington Post, gives the timeline and events that have had people raise their eyebrows at the Trump administration and the Russians in his editorial Is America’s President A Russian Asset?
Patterson starts the conversation with the infamous Clinton emails and talks about how the Russians were the ones to hack and uncover said emails and released a whole slew of fake news in the process, which is huge information that I hope most everyone knows. However, he goes on to talk about how Trump and his administration held off on the sanctions to punish the Russians for hacking a presidential candidate. He goes on to question if this is an action of a Russian asset which personally I do not think so. I think Trump is trying to be strategic and not punish one of the other superpowers of the world, at least in terms of military.
He begins his timeline with March 2016, which is when Russia told Trump’s campaign advisor they had dirt on Hillary, and goes on through the summer. The summer was filled with Russian attempts to get this harmful information about Clinton into the hands of Trump by them giving it to multiple people in his administration including his son. Now this wouldn't be a problem if the information that was trying to reach Trump never did. But the issue that most Americans are facing is the fact that in August Trump was warned by the FBI that the Russians are attempting to be a part of his campaign. As soon as Trump was aware of this their should have been precautions taken against this, but instead Trump tried to pretend he was clueless and should have lost the trust of the American public right there.
Patterson also highlights the multiple people in Trump’s campaign, people very close to Trump, that have been directly linked to having contact with Russian officials and the attempts to lift the sanctions off of Russia. A lot of people in his administration were asked to step down or fired because they got caught and became a cancer cell in his master plan. Or are they? The theory that these people are actually just taking the hit so Trump doesn’t is a popular one considering the amount of people that have been let go from his administration.
This editorial is a great chronological account of the relations between Russia and the Trump administration. Like I said before, I don’t agree that Trump is an asset or some type of spy for the Russian government. I do think that he is trying to find new allies, not in the right places obviously, and doing what he thinks is necessary to gain their trust.
Patterson starts the conversation with the infamous Clinton emails and talks about how the Russians were the ones to hack and uncover said emails and released a whole slew of fake news in the process, which is huge information that I hope most everyone knows. However, he goes on to talk about how Trump and his administration held off on the sanctions to punish the Russians for hacking a presidential candidate. He goes on to question if this is an action of a Russian asset which personally I do not think so. I think Trump is trying to be strategic and not punish one of the other superpowers of the world, at least in terms of military.
He begins his timeline with March 2016, which is when Russia told Trump’s campaign advisor they had dirt on Hillary, and goes on through the summer. The summer was filled with Russian attempts to get this harmful information about Clinton into the hands of Trump by them giving it to multiple people in his administration including his son. Now this wouldn't be a problem if the information that was trying to reach Trump never did. But the issue that most Americans are facing is the fact that in August Trump was warned by the FBI that the Russians are attempting to be a part of his campaign. As soon as Trump was aware of this their should have been precautions taken against this, but instead Trump tried to pretend he was clueless and should have lost the trust of the American public right there.
Patterson also highlights the multiple people in Trump’s campaign, people very close to Trump, that have been directly linked to having contact with Russian officials and the attempts to lift the sanctions off of Russia. A lot of people in his administration were asked to step down or fired because they got caught and became a cancer cell in his master plan. Or are they? The theory that these people are actually just taking the hit so Trump doesn’t is a popular one considering the amount of people that have been let go from his administration.
This editorial is a great chronological account of the relations between Russia and the Trump administration. Like I said before, I don’t agree that Trump is an asset or some type of spy for the Russian government. I do think that he is trying to find new allies, not in the right places obviously, and doing what he thinks is necessary to gain their trust.
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