Harris & Biden Slam Trump's Refusal To Address Putin-backed Bounties Placed On U.S. Troops!
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For weeks, Donald Trump and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany have refused to comment on whether Trump ever addressed the Russian bounties placed on American troops. On Tuesday, Trump finally admitted that he didn’t bring the bounties up with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moreover, Trump called the reports of the bounties “fake news” despite the fact that U.S. Intelligence Agencies have confirmed the bounties.
Senator Kamala Harris slammed Trump’s refusal to sanction Russia.
Joe Biden told Axios, "This continues an indefensible pattern of Donald Trump weakening the United States in the world in a manner that no American president ever has before, and it's absolutely despicable."
Senator Tammy Duckworth Tweeted, “Trump has reportedly spoken to Putin AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES since he was given intelligence that Russia might be paying bounties for American troops' lives. But he ‘never discussed it with him.’ This is a shameful dereliction of duty.”
Last month, The Times reported that United States officials provided Trump with a WRITTEN briefing in February regarding Putin placing bounties on American troops.
Putin-backed Intelligence Unit offered and allegedly paid bounties to Taliban-linked military to kill U.S. and NATO troops.
Putin Backed Bounties
Putin has reportedly been offering Afghanistan Taliban-linked fighters bounties in exchange for killing U.S. and NATO troops. Bounties are reportedly being paid to these radical militants for the successful murder of U.S. and NATO troops.
Taliban-linked militants are believed to have collected some of Putin’s bounty money, as reported in the New York Times.
Trump Knew
Trump has known about Putin’s bounty on American troops since February and hasn’t taken any action to stop Putin. American Intel disclosed that Trump was provided information on the bounties in writing in February.
Since learning this information, Trump has lobbied to include Putin in the next G7 summit.
Dead American Soldiers
Seventeen Americans died in combat in Afghanistan in 2019, but it is not known how many of these deaths are linked to Putin’s bounty.
Trump Did Nothing
Top CIA officials developed and proposed potential options for Trump including:
Demanding that Putin stop the bounties
Placing sanctions against Russia
Filing a complaint with Russia
Trump refuses to take any action leaving Americans to worry that he is receiving help from Putin in the 2020 election.
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