Obama Team Trying to Damage Ties With Russia

Mr. Trump told the Russian supreme leader that he seeks a “strong and enduring relationship” with Moscow, per the Kremlin readout.

“This is a defining moment for the country”, Graham said. Of course, we should continue to look for areas of cooperation with the Russians, but we should also make it clear that we will not abandon our friends, nor will we cede or defer leadership where our core national interests and values are involved. But the official confirmed reports by other high-level sources that, after the public and private warnings, Russian Federation did not increase its cyber activity and may have reduced it.

According to the source, there are now no substantial contacts between Trump’s team and Moscow. But he added that he’ll do “everything I can to help him because he will be commander in chief in unsafe times”. A harmonious relationship between the two will be essential in balancing a world order and President Trump will be tasked with arriving at an understanding of the Chinese world view and how they believe problems should be solved.

“In fact, we need to have the world to be a little bit uncertain right now about what will America do under this new president”, he said, Newsday reported.

Republican presidential Candidate Donald Trump, points toward Republican Vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence of IN after Pence’s acceptance speech during the third day session of the Republican National Convention IN Cleveland, July 20, 2016. GOP lawmakers have long called for the USA to arm Ukrainian forces fighting Russian-backed rebels in the eastern part of the country.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich tests the speaking setup before the third day session of the Republican National Convention, July 20, 2016, in Cleveland.

During the campaign, senior U.S. security officials accused Russian Federation of hacking the computers at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and releasing e-mails that proved embarrassing to the Clinton campaign.

Emails stolen from these targets appeared on WikiLeaks, DCLeaks.com, and through the website of a hacker going by the name Guccifer 2.0, who claimed to have hacked the DNC.

“When it comes to all things Russian Federation, I am going to be hard ass”, said Graham, who chairs the Senate subcommittee that controls foreign aid spending.

“But do I personally think Russia’s somewhere in the mix?”

Ushakov also confirmed that Putin will visit Japan on December 15-16, a long-awaited visit for Tokyo that was postponed due to their unfavorable ties in 2015.

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, the vice-presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket with Hillary Clinton, said the investigation would be well worth it.

“Do not take for granted our systems of government and our way of life”, he said.

“Just the knowledge that it happened isn’t the same as knowing everything about how it happened”, Kaine said. But just after the election, President Obama said that Trump was committed to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

A joint opinion piece by Obama and Merkel published Thursday in Germany’s weekly business magazine WirtschaftsWoche seemed directed as much at the incoming Trump administration in the U.S.as at European nations.

These disclosures about secret U.S. -Russia contacts are the latest chapter in the story of heightened confrontation between the two countries – a process that Putin and Trump say they are seeking to reverse.

Offering pointed foreign policy advice to his successor, President Barack Obama expressed hope Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump will stand up to Russian Federation when it deviates from US “values and global norms” and not simply “cut some deals” with Vladimir Putin when convenient.