He added that his actions are “not what they love to hear.”“I’ve been the worst thing that ever happened to Russia; Putin understands that,” Trump added May 24. “Putin, I guarantee you, says this to everybody: Nobody has been tougher on Russia than I have,” he told Rush Limbaugh on Oct. 9. Those penetrated now include the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department and the National Institutes of Health. Bolton’s replacement as national security adviser, Robert C. O’Brien, cut short a European vacation to return to Washington and examine the situation. “No nation, including Russia, should doubt the president’s commitment to defending the United States and our allies,” O’Brien wrote.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2020 17:13 UTC