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Trump downplays Russian hack in first comments on massive breach, implicates China
NBC News ^ | December 19, 2020 | Lauren Egan

Posted on 12/19/2020 10:38:43 AM PST by Stravinsky

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump commented for the first time on Saturday on the hacking campaign that has torn through U.S. government and businesses that many experts believe is the work of Russian intelligence and downplayed the security breach as well as attempted to deflect blame away from Russia.

Trump's comments contradict what members of his own government have said about the hack and it is the latest example of his unwillingness to criticize Russia, which U.S. intelligence agencies have said interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump.

"The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality. I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control. Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of... discussing the possibility that it may be China (it may!)," Trump wrote on Twitter.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: china; fakenews; lyingmedia; nbcfakenews; russia; russiarussiarussia; trump
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So glad that we have a President that tells it like he sees it. Very rare.
1 posted on 12/19/2020 10:38:43 AM PST by Stravinsky
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Deep state always trying to cover for their Chinese masters


2 posted on 12/19/2020 10:43:32 AM PST by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: Stravinsky

Oh, He knows EXACTLY where’s coming from.


3 posted on 12/19/2020 10:44:03 AM PST by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: Stravinsky

at this point, he’s just flat out ***king with the msm, afflicted as they are with Russia monomania


4 posted on 12/19/2020 10:44:30 AM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: Stravinsky

Tag team ‘em King Chief. And toss out the refs/robes too.


5 posted on 12/19/2020 10:46:28 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: PGalt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jXkhxJ9Sw0


6 posted on 12/19/2020 10:47:07 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Stravinsky

This horrible Russian hack - as far as I know - has failed to make the slightest difference in any of our lives. Meanwhile, the Chinese virus destroyed our economy, put millions out of work, and killed 300,000 of us (and counting). Yet we are supposed to be friends with China and fearful of Russia. I smell a rat.


7 posted on 12/19/2020 10:49:05 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Stravinsky

Russia AND China do this stuff all the time. But one country cannot be mentioned.


8 posted on 12/19/2020 10:49:17 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Stravinsky

Blame the deep state career operatives in NSA,CIA and FBI. Their attention over the last four years was on concocting nonsense to undermine Trump and not so much on national security. For all the raging and rants about Russians from these people ,it seems the Russians ate their lunch.


9 posted on 12/19/2020 10:58:10 AM PST by allendale
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To: Stravinsky

Seriously NBC? Russia, Russia, Russia. No mention it could be China, even thought it’s becoming obvious how much they steal from us? It could be Russia, but years long of stealing and buying that China has conducted since Clinton days, you should at least mention the CCP.


10 posted on 12/19/2020 11:00:39 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated )
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To: Stravinsky

I saw, just this morning, that NBC “news” is again pushing the Russian hookers peeing on the bed hoax.


11 posted on 12/19/2020 11:01:00 AM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Stravinsky

The article is from NBC.

So who gets intelligence briefings each morning, and who get marching orders each morning?

Who has more information to make a statement of fact, NBC or President Trump?

Notice how fake news has manipulated us all?


12 posted on 12/19/2020 11:13:16 AM PST by Yulee
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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2h
The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality. I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control. Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of....

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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2h
....discussing the possibility that it may be China (it may!). There could also have been a hit on our ridiculous voting machines during the election, which is now obvious that I won big, making it an even more corrupted embarrassment for the USA. @DNI_Ratcliffe
@SecPompeo

There are some really terrible comments from HarrisXiden fans on his feed.


13 posted on 12/19/2020 11:24:25 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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NBC says...

ok so where is the barf alert?

If I have a choice, believe Trump or believe NBC I don’t think you can measure how long it takes me to decide...

Trump of course...in less than a nanosecond.


14 posted on 12/19/2020 11:36:44 AM PST by Paleo Pete (What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.)
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To: Stravinsky

China is 10 times the economy of Russia and 50 times the threat of Russia. Russia basically wanted to be accepted into the western world as something other than an administrative district of the globalist project. Failing that they want to be left alone and not have us sending our perverted and atheist culture over. They basically want to act as an old fashioned nation state.

China on the other hand wants to penetrate and dominate EVERY aspect of our culture and economy. They are on a military building binge and have every intent of expansion by use of force.

But they are loved by most republicans, all democrats, all bureaucrats who envy the power, and the tech companies who fully support their invasive power over society.

Our government loves communist, alien, atheist China. And it hates Russia that is no longer communist, is mostly white in the power areas, and is rebuilding churches and suppresses homosexuality in society.

Trump is right.


15 posted on 12/19/2020 11:52:24 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: Stravinsky

“Russian hack”?
What “Russian hack”?
Russia Russia Russia. That’s all the fake news anarchists talk about.
Where are the fake news headlines about massive Hunter Biden Biden corruption with China?


16 posted on 12/19/2020 11:56:36 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: lgjhn23

President Trump knows, he’s not required to say it publicly.
He’s required to speak softly and carry a big stick.

I expect he’s doing exactly that.


17 posted on 12/19/2020 11:56:55 AM PST by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! So ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! /s 👹)
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To: Stravinsky

The deep state has been building the propaganda for war with Russia for years. If Trump goes, then we will be at war within a year.


18 posted on 12/19/2020 12:09:04 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Steve_Seattle

Really good post.


19 posted on 12/19/2020 12:09:35 PM PST by Luke21 (Elections you say? We get them next election? )
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To: lgjhn23

He’s also very correct Chinese hackers are notorious for using Russian IP addresses to cover their tracks


20 posted on 12/19/2020 12:20:24 PM PST by Lod881019
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