[plain talk]

Even if all this Russian hacking stuff WERE true why would a president advertise what he might or might not do?

[catnipman]

“Even if all this Russian hacking stuff WERE true why would a president advertise what he might or might not do?”

true enough. however, i don’t think telling russia “we can do stuff to you” is giving much away

[kiryandil]

Even if all this Russian hacking stuff WERE true why would a president advertise what he might or might not do?

Because Muslims aren't really that bright after all?

[gleeaikin]

The goal was to persuade Putin to stop doing that stuff. What would/could Trump do if he decides Putin is undermining our cyber systems. They and the Chinese have certainly been hacking our businesses for proprietary information for a while now, to the detriment of big business.