Five@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoPutin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attackwww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down15
arrow-up1167arrow-down1external-linkPutin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attackwww.msn.comFive@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareRanvier@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-28 months agoOh they knew https://www.npr.org/2018/02/21/587614043/fact-check-why-didnt-obama-stop-russia-s-election-interference-in-2016 But Republicans didn’t want to stop it, and Obama was worried if he did anything without Republican support it would look like he was tilting the scales in favor of Clinton. Which makes zero sense to me but hey that’s just what Obama thought.
Oh they knew
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/21/587614043/fact-check-why-didnt-obama-stop-russia-s-election-interference-in-2016
But Republicans didn’t want to stop it, and Obama was worried if he did anything without Republican support it would look like he was tilting the scales in favor of Clinton. Which makes zero sense to me but hey that’s just what Obama thought.