Trump Reportedly Believes Russia Was Behind Election Hacks, Won’t Do Anything About it Except Criticize Obama
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According to Time’s White House Correspondent Zeke Miller, Trump has now decided Russia was behind the 2016 hacks. Trump will apparently take his newfound conclusion … and do exactly nothing with it.
.@PressSec says Trump believes Russia was probably behind 2016 hacks. Despite criticism of Obama, won’t outline retaliatory measures, if any
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 26, 2017
Actually, that’s not fair to the president. He isn’t doing nothing, exactly. To be fair, he’s using that revelation to criticize the hell out of Barack Obama. Obviously, we’ve been focusing on the wrong stuff here.
Since the Obama Administration was told way before the 2016 Election that the Russians were meddling, why no action? Focus on them, not T!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2017
Obama Administration official said they “choked” when it came to acting on Russian meddling of election. They didn’t want to hurt Hillary?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2017
The reason that President Obama did NOTHING about Russia after being notified by the CIA of meddling is that he expected Clinton would win..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2017
The real story is that President Obama did NOTHING after being informed in August about Russian meddling. With 4 months looking at Russia…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2017
What “T” is apparently failing to realize—despite his incessant handing out of the 2016 electoral college map—is that Obama is no longer the president. There is literally no point at all in criticizing a past administration if the current administration expects to do the exact same thing. Whether Obama should have acted or not isn’t even the point here. Obama is currently little more than windsurfer in chief, while Trump can actually do something about Russia’s interference. Trump’s comments are basically equivalent to a new homeowner complaining how the previous resident clearly pissed all over the living room carpet, only to unzip and let rip himself. You’re not fixing the problem, Mr. President—you’re just pissing all over the Oval Office.