CNN Talking Head Jake Tapper
gave Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was given the opportunity this week to help the American media establishment push the latest Trump-Russia smear.
Johnson's time as Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary overlapped with President Trump's first four years in the White House, but he proved reluctant to co-sign the story, as well as Donald Trump's efforts to rein in Russia.・He emphasized President Trump's historic efforts. This is what the Biden-Harris administration has done instead. difficulty.
Johnson appeared on CNN to promote his new memoir, “Unleashed.” Although Tapper seemed nominally interested in discussing the former prime minister's book, he did discuss some of the more sensational claims in Bob Woodward's upcoming book, particularly those about Trump. The president appeared far more intent on exploring controversial claims from another anonymous source that he had previously spoken to Putin multiple times. This is the seventh time since leaving the White House.
“None of these myths by Bob Woodward are true.”
Democratic operatives and the liberal media are scrambling to make do with this claim. For example, Susan Rice, Obama's former ambassador to the United Nations,
jumped for joy On Tuesday, it was concluded that Trump violated the Logan Act and thereby committed a crime.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also gave fuel to the rumor.
claim“If that's true, it's certainly concerning.”
Trump campaign spokesperson Stephen Chan
said “None of these fabrications by Bob Woodward are true,” The Hill said, adding that Woodward “suffers from a debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Woodward may have a chip on his shoulder because of the president.
$50 million lawsuit For publishing audio recordings of interviews without consent.
“CNN also
report In Woodward's book, Trump aides say there were multiple telephone conversations between the former president and Vladimir Putin. “There are probably as many as seven since President Trump left the White House in 2021,” Tapper said.
“I don't know if that's true, and I certainly don't know what those types of conversations were about,” Johnson said.
“What I can tell our viewers is that when I interacted with President Trump over Russia, like when the Russians poisoned Britain, it was actually the Trump administration that really … exceeded expectations. They expelled 60 Russian spies. It was the Trump administration that actually gave the Ukrainians lethal weapons, Javelin missiles, to use against Putin's forces.”
After former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his adult daughter were poisoned in 2018, President Trump
ordered The regime expelled 60 Russian diplomats who it identified as intelligence agents. The Russian consulate in Seattle was also closed.
“If he was president in 2022, there would have been no Russian invasion of Ukraine.”
Regarding the Javelin, Trump
approved The plan is to send an anti-tank missile system to Ukraine in December 2017. Former President Barack Obama avoided this step even when Russia annexed Crimea on his watch.
A pregnant silence ensued after Johnson finished defending President Trump's record on Russia. Tapper then awkwardly changed the topic to the prime minister's book.
This is not the first time in recent days that the former prime minister has come to Trump's defense.
in
recent interviews Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested on Britain's Times Radio that Putin would not have invaded Ukraine on Trump's watch.
“I happen to believe Donald Trump when he said that if he had been president in 2022, Russia would not have invaded Ukraine. In my view, that's a credible claim. I think that's really credible,” Johnson said. ” he said.
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