Vladimir Putin knows the truth will be told concerning the Trump - Russian affair by U.S. Intelligence and that is why Putin made the statement that "patriotic Russians" could have done the hacking that interfered with the 2016 Presidential election. The statement did involve Russia but people know that nothing happens in Russia on this scale with out Putin's authority or knowledge.
Putin's background is intelligence with the KGB and he and Trump have a number of things in common. Trump could care less about NATO and Putin wants to see the break up of NATO. Trump does not like American intelligence and Russia benefits from that. Trump's son in law Jared Kushner tried to set up a secret back channel with Russia using their facilities to avoid American detection. Trump has no respect for America's institutions or the democratic process and its value which brings America close to dis-function. And of course Putin adopted one of Trumps favorite saying using the words "fake news."
Putin's article praised Trump and is a piece of propaganda to put doubt in the mind of the American people. But one can read between the lines and feel the Trump - Russian collusion. Putin's article also makes it easy to understand why Trump asked Russia to hack Clinton's email. Can one imagine a American Presidential candidate asking America's major adversary to affect a Presidential election. The connection was never made at the time by the major news media, but "PolitiDose" did and published a commentary dated 7/31/16 titled, "Traitor among us: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Russia.
Yes, there was a crooked candidate in the 2016 Presidential race, but it was not Hillary Clinton.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
