Subj : Trump is ok with Russian bounties on US troops
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Tue Jun 30 2020 07:15 pm

Hello Aaron,

>Lee's on your side; he's an ex-military Democrat. You can call him General
> Lee, he probably won't mind.

The General Lee was the finest car I ever had. Until the Dukes
of Hazzard got hold of it. Next time I saw it was some twenty plus
years later when the Duke boys (and Daisy) took a trip in it to
a small town in Louisiana.

>Trump is pro-military. If the story is true, then he will make Russia pay.

Really? What is he going to have Russia pay with? Rubles that
can only be spent in Russia? Hillary Clinton was right. Trump is
Putin's puppet. The man got his money to run his empire from
Russian mobsters. What this is all about is payback. Russians
are collecting what is owed to them by their client.

It is going to be fun auditing his tax records. Loads of fun.
Unfortunately, we still have to wait another six months before
getting started.

Presidential hopeful Joe Biden said reports about the orange menace
(Trump) knowing about the Russian bounties and choosing to do nothing
would be a "truly shocking revelation" about the C-in-C's failure
to protect US troops in Afghanistan, along with his failure to stand
up to Russia.

What is Trump going to do now? Call the NYT's article "fake news"?

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), No. 3 Republican in the House, called
on the White House to give the Congress more information on the
subject, saying lawmakers need to know "Who did know and when?"
- and also referred to Vladimir Putin, "What has been done in
response to protect our forces & hold Putin accountable?"

Imagine that. The daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney calling
Donald Trump out, making her daddy proud!

Donald Trump is feigning ignorance, claiming he did not know.
Claims he was never briefed on this by his own intelligence, or
by anybody else. Nixonian "I am not a crook!" kind of guy.

The intelligence assessments were given to Trump in February.
Part of his daily briefings. John Bolton claims he was verbally
briefed on this in 2019, but could not comment or write about
it in his book due to national security concerns.

Russia called the report "nonsense" -

"This unsophisticated plant clearly illustrates the low intellectual
abilities of the propagandists of American intelligence, who instead
of inventing something more plausible have to make up this nonsense."
~ Russian Foreign Ministry

Taliban militants also "strongly reject this allegation" and are
not "indebted to the beneficence of any organ or foreign country."

Speaker Nancy Pelosi told ABC's "This Week" that she had not been
informed about the bounties and has requested the White House give
a report to Congress on the matter.

"This is as bad as it gets, and yet the president will not confront
the Russians on this score, denies being briefed. Whether he is or not,
his administration knows and our allies -- some of our allies who work
with us in Afghanistan had been briefed accept this report."
~ Nancy Pelosi

Keep in mind that the daily briefings on this matter were given to
Donald Trump in February. As well as to others, such as Chuck Schumer,
and Nancy Pelosi, and the list goes on. Embarrassing. Everybody knew
about this and kept quiet. Why? These daily briefings are 50-60 pages,
and no politician has the time to read them each and every day. That
is what aides are for.

--Lee

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