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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 03:22 PM Dec 2016

Trumps security advisor met with leader of Austrian party founded by Nazis and loyal to Putin

Donald Trump’s choice for national security advisor met at Trump Tower with the leader of a far-right Austrian political party founded in the 1950s by ex-Nazis.

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who the president-elect has tapped to coordinate national security in his administration, met several weeks ago with the head of Austria’s Freedom Party, which reached a cooperation agreement with Russia’s ruling party, reported the New York Times.

The agreement was seen a clear signal that the Kremlin is forging bonds with right-wing political parties across Europe as part of a coordinated effort to weaken Western democracies — including the United States.

Heinz-Christian Strache, the Freedom Party’s leader, announced the agreement Monday on his Facebook page, where he also revealed he’d met with Flynn last month in New York City at the building where Trump lives and has based his transition team.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trumps-security-advisor-met-with-leader-of-austrian-party-founded-by-nazis-and-loyal-to-putin/

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