Before he was U.S. Amb. to Russia, Michael McFaul served on the Obama National Security Council. He joins to explain why it matters that intel about Russian bounties on U.S. troops reportedly made its way into Trump's Presidential Daily Brief. Aired on 6/29/2020.
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McFaul: It's A Big Deal That Russian Bounty Intel Was In Trump's PDB | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Putin must have thought Christmas has come when Trump was elected. The situation gave new meaning to the phrase “what a tool”.
Putin KNEW trumpy was in his Christmas stocking before being elected. Putin put him in there. trumpy, as a tool, means the US is SCREWED.
Mr. Precedent Duh!
Roxxas Rivera Putin has nothing specific on trumpy. He just wants to destroy US democracy & take over the country. Weak trumpy is letting him. trumpy asked Putin for help. Spider meet fly.
@Leonie Romanes yes. thank you.
@Terri Seaton accurate re putins motives. AND i suspect he has much pn trump.
Trump’s NEXT TERM will be 8 to 10, with visitation twice a week.
I’m a former SONAR system analyst, recently retired Navy. Trump could not have passed the background checks and would NEVER even been able to stand the secret watches I stood.
That’s not an exaggeration. He’s a buffoon.
Thank you very much for your service you all are our heroes God Bless you all
God Speed….
I’m a Vietnam veteran, and I never voted for Trump because I knew him 50 years ago when I had to go overseas and Trump got to hide behind mommys skirt dodging the draft. I already knew he was nothing but a ConMan and I tried to warn other people. Too bad not enough of them listened. I’m not at all surprised that he sold us out to Vladimir Putin
Is it not time all standing for public office should be able to obtain basic security clearances and Presidential candidates the security clearance currently simply conferred by virtue of winning an election, con men like Trump who would have failed on multiple levels could never have become a.candidate.
18 U.S.C. § 2381 states:
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
Trump’s next term might be at the end of a rope
It’s a VERY big deal that the “president” doesn’t read, and denies reality.
Apparently we’re supposed to believe Trump doesn’t even watch videos before re-tweeting them
@ExPFC Wintergreen v2.0 right???😅 all he saw was the trump sign and retweeted, yeah ok! But then he deleted it?🤔 this some kind of don’t ask don’t tell.🐃💩
Yes a traiter,,he should resign now
@AP AS Yup , Biden doesn’t need a bunker. He has been out of his basement ,where his office is. He also is not out promoting the spreading of this virus. Yeah, trump is going down very hard and sooner than you think. So now go, troll ,where your friends are fox news.
Exactly. Why is it our fault when he’s illiterate?
Trump agrees to bounty in return Russia interferes w re-election?!
@My Sweet Cupcake His debts, most likely
It’s far more serious than that. It’s treason. And it’s clear and simple.
Actually I think it’s far more amusing than anything. Putin sees that 2020 is a wash so he’s showing his little lambs the way to the slaughter house.
It’s probably going to cause “quite a bit of chaos” but I think that’s the most Russia can get at this point.
How much of the GOP is involved? “Trump holds separate briefing for House Republicans.” All of them, it’s a Party to his crimes after all.
@Tskmaster I agree. It would be nice if somehow all the dirt is leaked when he loses the election.
Good possibility and good thinking
They made the big mistake of making that PDB in plain text format without pop-up pictures
😂😂😂
Maybe they just didn’t use “the best words” so he couldn’t read it.
Also to expect him to listen instead of talking about all the things he knows – like islands being sorrounded by bigly ocean water.
no fake news, US intelligence says so, and Britons confirmed.
@Noturtarget thanks!
Noturtarget : Confirmed. Indeed. I can not describe how sickened I am, by this. Trump either IGNORED THIS, or was considered UNFIT to be told. Which is WORSE???
Sensible11: What for? You’re a Trump Troll and will ignore them. Start with the NYT, the BBC, CNN, it’s EVERYWHERE, son. Open you Orange, Treasonous, Cult of Death, Treason and Betrayal EYES, son?
@Ash Roskell im a trump troll? please dont insult me like that sir😂. and ive read up on this i was just asking for his sources because i didnt know it was confirmed yet. what made u think ima trump cultist tho seriously?
READING INTELLIGENCE REPORTS AND HAVING MEETINGS , THAT IS COMPLICATED. AND MAY HURT TRUMP’S FRAGILE BRAIN. THE TRUMPSTER WOULD RATHER BE PLAYING GOLF, WATCHING T.V. , TWEETING, INHALING MCDONALDS CHEESEBURGERS, GORGING HIMSELF ON KFC, AND LASTLY BROWN NOSING VLADIMIR PUTIN. 😉😉😉😉
Remember when Trump was confronted with Putin killing people and he said a lot of killers, what you think our country is so innocent ? Sounds like hes afraid of Putin.
https://youtu.be/7PA4PgG9-eI
ive said from the very beginning ….trump has dirty laundry money tied up in Russian casinos and condos…its as simple as that …he is blackmailed by putin
Trump is probably scared Putin will harm him badly.
@Tim Anderson It’s the pee-pee tape. Everyone knows it exists and Putin has it. I’m sure Putin also holds financial leverage over Trump. Amazing that the president of the USA is in the pocket of Russia. Who would ever have thought it – although who would have ever thought the US would elect a self-serving narcissist who has very little intelligence in his head and who is running on a platform of hate? USA – you have fallen so far, I don’t know how you’ll ever be taken seriously again.
What about the peaceful protestors killing on your streets as we speak? Hypocrites
@Robbie Burns your delusional mate I hope your not scottish
Trump: The USA is now part of Russia.
Trump supporters: Yeah!!!!! We are Russians now!!!!! Make Russia Great Again.
Ezenwa Perfect Okolie UNITED STATES OF RUSSIA
Quiet ya lunatic
Finally, indisputably, unveiled: WE ARE BETRAYED. I can not describe how sickened I am, by this. Trump either IGNORED THIS, or was considered UNFIT to be told. Which is WORSE??? Trump has committed treason, resulting in the DEATH of at least one, probably more, of our finest young Americans
snoop alert : You are disgraced. We told you so. How many times? America has been ASKING for this, by being in bed with our ARCH ENEMY. You are just a mouthpiece for the cult of Death, Treason and BETRAYAL, you complete and utter Cult . . .
Maybe they should better live in Russia
Treason with a capital T and his supporters better not say squat because that’s what it is.
Veterans are a big part of Trump’s base.
This was not going to go over well with them.
@James Ricker I’m a veteran. I think he is a P.O.S. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Eric Hoppe Thank you for your service Sir! And for having a good head on your shoulders!
Noturtarget, real asset.
His supporters are blatant traitors to our military and country, and need to be treated as such
It’s a bit ironic how self-proclamatic know-it-all super-genius has selective ignorance (once again).
you noticed that too.
he didn’t hear it, didn’t see it, didn’t notice, etc.
all the time, yet is proud how sharp as a tack he is!
i hope we hang the fckr.
He never kids or misses anything.
Young Frankenstein: so ur saying that u put an abnormal brain into a “6’ tall 295lb” gorilla!!
GOP to US citizens: We don’t work for you we work for Putin, being in the white house is just our cover. Do they speak Putinese ?
45 and any GOP has so much blood on their hands , this is beyond treasonous, Americans need to Wake up.
But its the voting suppression thats going to come into play. And while everyone has been concentrating on trump, Dirty Mitch McConnell has been confirming all the lackies into key positions in the government departments. While I still think that these traitors can be ousted its going to to take a lot of people to get out and vote, not like 2016 but treble. I just hope that the republicans have not got their coup complete, otherwise your looking at a republican dictatorship that will put every sort of rights back decade’s! I wish you all the best from Edinburgh, Scotland 🤗🏴
@stephen wedderburn do real research its mostly the democrats cheating at these elections
News reports say Putin wants US troops out of Germany, and Trump obliges. Treason
Yes thats Treason all the way. If that was barrack Obama he’ll be pushed out the white house Immediately!!
Putin wanted US troops out of Syria. US troops left Syria.
Everything Trump does or doesn’t do is a betrayal to this country! He should be stripped of citizenship & banned from this country!
@Ben MIsuspect they would be afraid of the bad publicity.
Hand him over to Iran
Yes well, just don’t throw him back on us here in Europe, please.
@Aranyani Green make sure your government knows he’s not welcome, he will be denied entry.
Now that there’s a Russian bounty on U.S. military, and trump is the commander in chief, that translates to trump also has a bounty on his head. Any takers?
He knew.
He lied.
He committed TREASON!!!
Trump must go NOW!!!!!
The entire administration must go NOW!
He knew. He didn’t care.
Don’t forget any and all complicit politicians.
ENABLERS of this corrupt presidency should be held accountable..ASAP
There will be a reckoning in 2021.
@MerMck Yes, maybe our military is ready to help us clean out these criminals and traitors in our
White House.
@Pensa Simpson how can they do that if their still fighting in the middle east duckle head?
what happened to, we should withdrawing from the middle east? What happened to Trump is a friend of Ruusia? suddenly your libtatds are for war in the middle east because Russia i stoking it and Trump opposes it.
@William Penn jr.
You’re not that gullible are you? Something is obviously corrupt about Trump & Russia. Any fool should see that… You’re not an gullible fool are you William?
Trump is entirely under Putin’s control , he’s just his puppet
YOUTUBE? Why are my comments being suppressed? Normally when you comment on someones post, the posters name is automatically posted in blue. In this case it would be Kenny’s name.
Anyway the afghanistan war has been going on for nearly 20 years. Only now Putin puts bounties on the heads of American’s? When the dnc and msm are dying to get dirt on Trump? 100% set-up crap
Kenny Milne that’s what Hillary said in 2016. NO ONE LISTENED.
@Pau D a 20 year old war and only now Putin what’s to put on bounties? Think rationally, not how people want you to think
ichyvon huh? You don’t believe it? You believe NO ONE EVER TOLD THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
Reports from Associated Press are saying he was briefed all the way back in 2019.Members of the military want him in jail now.
Take them all! We are ready for a summer clean out our White House!!
Putin must laugh himself to sleep every night – trump is his dream asset.
He’s played his cards well, Murica will bowl before the new World leaders & have to admit it’s new place, hardly surprising though.
If I was an American soldier,I don’t think I’d like to hear that the leader of my country ignored the fact that another country had put a bounty on my head..