The Russian government ordered its state-run media to scale back favorable coverage of President Donald Trump amid rising unease among senior Russian officials that the U.S. administration may not be as amicable as expected.
The Kremlin said its decision to curb coverage of Trump was due to a lack of interest in his presidency among Russian viewers, an unnamed official told Bloomberg on Thursday. The official said that in reality the Russian government didn’t want to promote Trump’s ideas, including his call to “drain the swamp.”
Last month, mentions of Trump surpassed those of President Vladimir Putin across state media, marking the …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
