Today President Donald J. Trump ordered the expulsion of dozens of Russian intelligence officers from the United States and the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle due to its proximity to one of our submarine bases and Boeing. The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies and partners around the world in response to Russias use of a military-grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom, the latest in its ongoing pattern of destabilizing activities around the world. Todays actions make the United States safer by reducing Russias ability to spy on Americans and to conduct covert operations that threaten Americas national security. With these steps, the United States and our allies and partners make clear to Russia that its actions have consequences. The United States stands ready to cooperate to build a better relationship with Russia, but this can only happen with a change in the Russian governments behavior.
Rapper Vic Mensa, who performed at March For Our Lives', was arrested last year for carrying a concealed weapon. Oh the irony. https://t.co/CjMyTGVOZd— Nick Short 🇺🇸 (@PoliticalShort) March 26, 2018
Maybe we took advantage of the #FAKENEWS about the poisoning to expel these people we think are spies, in order to beef up our intellectual capital protections, as we’ve been doing with the Chinese.