"Trump's cavalier attitude toward the Russian security threat has had a predictable yet devastating consequence. Moscow has not been deterred from attacking American interests. It has been emboldened. They continue to take advantage of the United States, around the world and on our own soil. Former director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testified in January 2019 that Russia was still sowing social, racial, and political discord in the United States through influence operations, and several months later, Robert Mueller said the same. "It wasn't a single attempt," he testified to Congress. "They're doing it as we sit here. And they expect to do it during the next campaign." This should be a national scandal, a cause for outrage and action against the Russian government. Instead, it's being ignored where it should matter most- in the Oval Office. Reporters asked Trump about Mueller's assessment days later and quizzed him again on whether he'd pressed Putin on the topic. "You don't really believe this," he shot back. "Do you believe this? Okay, fine. We didn't talk about it." Then he boarded Marine One."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Anonymous, A Warning (2019), p. 167
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
13 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections →
Related Quotes
"Most everyone in the administration felt strongly about punishing the Russians- hard- after their 2016 interference. …"
"The president's denial-turned-apathy to Moscow's actions is why America responded with the diplomatic equivalent of a…"
"Putin doesn't need to undermine democracy in the U.S. because first you have to have a democracy to undermine. The U.…"
"Whether or not Trump himself or anyone in his orbit personally colluded or conspired with the Russians about their in…"
"Did the Russians interfere in our elections? An issue of overwhelming concern in the media. I mean, in most of the wo…"
"[T]he simplistic narrative that basically imagines that a bunch of subliterate-in-English trolls posting mostly stati…"
"Syria is only part of a much larger problem. It is remarkable the extent to which Israeli concerns dominate those of …"
"US hypocrisy in plain sight. The same democratic party outraged over alleged Russian interference in the US president…"
"The Democratic Party—seeking to blame its election defeat on Russian “interference” rather than the grotesque income …"
"Over the course of my career, I have seen a number of challenges to our democracy. The Russian government's effort to…"