On Sunday, President Trump denied that he and Vice-President Mike Pence briefed about an alleged award that Russia paid the Taliban to kill US forces in Afghanistan.
“No one reported or told the Russian Army’s attacks on Afghanistan’s troops, as reported by @VPPence or Chief of Staff @ MarkMeadows with an anonymous source by Fake News @nytimes. Everybody refuses and there was not much attack on us, ” Trump posted on Twitter.
“Nobody in Russia was more difficult than the Trump Administration. With Corrupt Joe Biden & Obama, Russia had a field day capturing important parts of Ukraine – Where’s Hunter? ”He continued. “Probably another fake Times got involved, just like the failed Russian Hoax. Who are their ‘source’? “
He called the newspaper to reveal its source, but “this” person “probably doesn’t even exist!” He added.
The New York Times informed on awards Friday and claimed that the president was informed of the situation and was discussed by the White House National Security Council at the end of March.
The report stated that many options have been weighed, including sanctions and a complaint from the diplomatic channel, but the White House has not yet authorized any response. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe released statements stating Saturday that Trump and Pence were not informed.
McEnany’s statement commented, “The New York Times story is wrong, suggests that President Trump has been informed about it.”
In a third tweet, Trump criticized how Joe Biden and the Obama administration deal with Russian relations.
“It’s funny to see Corrupt Joe Biden read a statement about Russia, written clearly by his handlers. Russia ate Obama’s lunch during their tenure, so bad that Obama asked him to leave the G-8 at that time. The USA was weak in everything, but especially Russia! “Said. Send in.
Democratic presidential candidate Biden exploded Trump on Saturday because he could not protect American troops.
“The whole presidency was a gift to Putin, but beyond this pale,” said the former vice president. in a virtual city hallIt refers to the Russian leader Vladimir Putin. “It is the betrayal of the most sacred duty we carry as a nation, to protect and equip our soldiers when we send them on the road to harm.”
Former President Barack Obama and other members of the Group, which consists of 8 industrialized countries, removed Russia from the association in 2014 after Putin annexed Crimea illegally.
Hosting this year’s G-7 meeting, Trump proposed to invite Russia to the expected meeting of September.
