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Donald Trump a de facto Russian asset, FBI official he fired suggests (www.theguardian.com)

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Andrew McCabe says Trump-Putin interactions ‘raise questions’, as Harris says Putin would eat Trump ‘for lunch’

Donald Trump can be seen as a Russian asset, though not in the traditional sense of an active agent or a recruited resource, an ex-FBI deputy director who worked under the former US president said.

Asked on a podcast if he thought it possible Trump was a Russian asset, Andrew McCabe, who Trump fired as FBI deputy director in 2018, said: “I do, I do.”

He added: “I don’t know that I would characterize it as [an] active, recruited, knowing asset in the way that people in the intelligence community think of that term. But I do think that Donald Trump has given us many reasons to question his approach to the Russia problem in the United States, and I think his approach to interacting with Vladimir Putin, be it phone calls, face-to-face meetings, the things that he has said in public about Putin, all raise significant questions.”

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Speaking to One Decision, McCabe said: “You have to have some very serious questions about, why is it that Donald Trump … has this fawning sort of admiration for Vladimir Putin in a way that no other American president, Republican or Democrat, ever has.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He refused to commit to saying who should win in Ukraine during the debate. I don't think any more need to be said.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

IDK why everyone is banging on about this like its some new revelation. He's said the same thing all along.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it's not repeated then it's doomed to be forgotten. We move too fast in the information age and there is too much information to keep in mind. We must repeat the important things.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

This is a good sentiment. Just because your specific in-group believes something doesn't mean its common knowledge. It is still deserving of attention.