Putin admitted that he was “sympathetic” to Trump’s campaign during the election, which is a not so subtle way of saying that he wanted Trump to win.
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After calling Trump/Russia collusion nonsense, Putin said, “Yes, the public at large in the United States had a certain perceived opinion of the candidates during the campaign. There’s nothing particularly extraordinary about it. That’s a usual thing. President trump when he was a candidate, he mentioned the need to restore the Russia/US relationship, and it’s clear that certain part of American society felt sympathetic about it and different people could express their sympathies in different ways but isn’t that natural? Isn’t it natural to be sympathetic toward a person who is willing to restore the relationship with our country who wants to work with us?”
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It doesn’t take any reading between the lines to understand that Putin was saying that Russia wanted Trump to win, which flies in the face of what Trump has been claiming for years that Russia didn’t want him to win because he would be tougher on them than Hillary Clinton.
The press conference has been extraordinary because no matter how hard Trump and Putin try to cover their tracks, the truth leaks out in little drops while they speak. It has been proven that Russia attacked the US because they wanted Donald Trump to win, and now we have an indirect admission from Putin himself that Trump was the Russians preferred candidate.
Let’s hope Robert Mueller was listening because Trump has been caught in another Russia lie.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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