NBC is reporting on an enduring mystery that has enraged all Hillary supporters and beyond those ten people, the millions who hated Trump and voted against him – why didn’t Obama say more about the Russian election interference?
It really sounds like he got totally played by el Trumpo:
The Obama administration didn’t respond more forcefully to Russian hacking before the presidential election because they didn’t want to appear to be interfering in the election and they thought that Hillary Clinton was going to win and a potential cyber war with Russia wasn’t worth it, multiple high-level government officials told NBC News.
“They thought she was going to win, so they were willing to kick the can down the road,” said one U.S official familiar with the level of Russian hacking.
The administration did take action in response to the hack prior to the election. In September, President Obama privately confronted Vladimir Putin about the hacks at the G-20 summit in China. He warned the Russian President of unspecified consequences if the hacks continued.
On October 7, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued an unprecedented joint statement pointing the finger at Russia, saying hacks of U.S. political groups and individual politicians could only have been done with the authorization of “Russia’s senior most” Russian officials and that its intent was to undermine the integrity of the election.
Why would he be so afraid of appearing to be interfering himself with the election? Could it be that Trump’s incessant whining and complaining about the rigged election? The accusations were absurd, but they served to change the atmosphere to his advantage and make Obama uneasy about giving him more ammunition.
Watch a news report about this:
You all know I’m not a fan of Trump, but it’s pretty clear when his absurdist tactics win – and this is one of those times.