Donald Trump Adviser Says U.S. Should Make The Russians Feel Pain For Meddling In Election
Source: Huffington Post
Bolton, who was touted as a secretary of state contender until Trump nominated Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson this month, believes Russia should pay an even larger price. He wants the U.S. to make the Russians feel pain.
It is not enough to say ― and people should be very careful about this ― they say, Well, it didnt actually have an impact on the election, Bolton said. The fact that Russian efforts were incompetent or insufficient shouldnt make us feel better.
He continued:
If Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor and all of its bombs and torpedoes had missed, no Americans killed, no ships sunk, would we have said no harm, no foul? No, its the effort that they made, if this is accurate, that should trouble us. Not the fact that it failed.
Boltons comments differ greatly from many of his party members. Trump has brushed off mounting evidence from the FBI and CIA indicating that Russia hacked U.S. government servers to swing the election in favor of Trump. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) even implied Thursday that the Russians would had done Americans a favor if they had illegally hacked into the servers.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-advisor-says-us-should-make-the-russians-feel-pain-for-meddling-with-election_us_58666495e4b0de3a08f7fb2b
You mean after Donald J. Trump invited them to hack Hillary's emails?
Wouldn't that mean Bolton is advocating making Donald feel the pain, too?
Arkansas Granny
(31,535 posts)results, the fact that the Russians interfered with our election process at all needs to be addressed quickly and thoroughly. I can't believe that we have elected officials who don't seem to care as long as their candidate won. DT himself can't be bothered to even get a briefing on the matter until next week sometime. Would they be this complacent if the Russian hack had been directed at the Republican party?
truthisfreedom
(23,159 posts)By pretending the Russians DIDN'T affect the election he's just another one of them.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)Second, if even dRumpf discarded you, how much attention is the actual adult reality dwelling world supposed to pay to your advice?
olddad56
(5,732 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)And partially because dumbass Bolton is involved in any capacity.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)canetoad
(17,197 posts)Article in the Guardian today:
Is Obama using Russia to force a wedge between Trump and his party?
<snip>
The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, and House speaker, Paul Ryan, also support this, although CIA sources told the Washington Post that McConnell blocked any investigation prior to the election, a breathtakingly cynical move that explains why Obama is only now retaliating.
Having compromised national security in order to defeat Hillary Clinton, the Republican leadership may now see Trump as expendable. After all, he chose a standard rightwing Republican, the Indiana governor, Mike Pence, as his running mate, which means McConnell and Ryan can always arrange to have Trump impeached if he becomes too much trouble.
For Obama, Russia is thus a uniquely effective wedge issue, with the potential to divide the president-elect from his party. If Trump tries to remove the new sanctions, he could face blowback from Congress; if he doesnt, his friendly relationship with Putin could be damaged.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/30/obama-russia-sanctions-donald-trump-republicans
sofa king
(10,857 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,364 posts)so Americans will feel the pain to pay for it all and give away our
natural resources in the process
makes perfect sense
MountainFool
(91 posts)He seems not to know how indebted Trump is to Putin.