The Trump administration just expelled 60 Russian diplomats and ordered the closure of their Russian consulate in Seattle over the poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain:
BREAKING: United States expels 60 Russian diplomats, orders Seattle consulate shuttered in response to UK spy case.
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 26, 2018
#BreakingNews: Trump orders expulsion of dozens of Russian diplomats, closure of consulate in Seattle https://t.co/MSwBtWjqdA pic.twitter.com/PjbwpXrJqC
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) March 26, 2018
The United States is kicking out 60 Russian diplomats and ordering Russia’s consulate in Seattle to close in response to the poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain.
Senior Trump administration officials say the expelled Russians include 12 spies who the U.S. believes are working under diplomatic cover at Russia’s mission to the United Nations. They say the Seattle consulate is a counter-intelligence concern because of its proximity to a U.S. Navy base.
The officials say the actions are being taken to send a message about the “unacceptably high” number of Russian spies in the U.S. and to respond to the attack in the U.K. The officials weren’t authorized to be identified by name and requested anonymity.
The expelled Russians will have seven days to leave the U.S.
So it wasn’t just ‘words’ when Trump told Theresa May he stood with the UK and against Russia on this issue.
Good.