For Russia, U.S. election meddling claims strip Trump win of luster
Source: Reuters
Wed Jan 11, 2017 | 7:03am EST
By Andrew Osborn | MOSCOW
The Kremlin says U.S. intelligence agency allegations it ran an influence campaign to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House are false. But if U.S. spies are right, Moscow may wish it hadn't bothered to meddle in the first place.
The belief, widely held in the West, that the Kremlin helped discredit Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by orchestrating embarrassing media leaks, has relegated U.S.-Russia relations to a post-Cold War low and stoked fears Russia will try to subvert French and German elections this year.
And true or not, the bipartisan view that Russia tried to help Trump, supported by a classified U.S. intelligence report, may make it harder, not easier, for Trump to make common cause with President Vladimir Putin, something both men say they want.
In the latest wrinkle, U.S. officials said on Tuesday that Trump has been presented with claims that Russia had compromising information about him. The accusations are uncorroborated and denied by the Kremlin.
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lark
(23,102 posts)Don, baby, you know I love you and worked so hard to elect you, why would I keep incriminating evidence against you personally? You are my guy and I just love watching those tiny hands, and that ass shaped mouth! I won't mention what I love seeing them do, LOL. here's some actions you need to take right away, please no delays, rescinding all sanctions needs to be your first action in office. Show the world how very close we've become over the past 5 years of me cultivating you.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)he's dealing with venal associates who aren't as smart or disciplined as he is.
Then there's the whole Russian bragging about what they did.
BumRushDaShow
(129,055 posts)Loose lips sink ships.
appal_jack
(3,813 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,055 posts)0rganism
(23,955 posts)claiming it had "luster" at all is an odd editorial maneuver
it wasn't so much a win for Trump as a crumbling of everything America once stood for. my turds have more luster than the events of Nov. 8