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Kremlin spokesman: Vladimir Putin has never spoken with Donald Trump
Vladimir Putin has had no contact with U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the Russian president’s spokesman told NBC Tuesday. “We’ve said it many times before, President Putin has never had any contacts with Trump, never spoken to him, including by telephone,” Dmitry Peskov said. “The same goes for all of his staff.”...
President Obama calls Trump ‘woefully unprepared’ for the presidency
President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump as “woefully unprepared” for the presidency, telling reporters at a bilateral news conference Tuesday that the Republican presidential nominee continues to demonstrate that he’s unfit for the Oval Office. “I think the Republican nominee is unfit to serve as president,” Obama said, speaking...
America, welcome to the war
TALLINN — The revelation that Russia’s intelligence services hacked the computer systems of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in what appears an attempt to weaken her in the U.S. election against Donald Trump may seem like the stuff of conspiracy. But the truth is far more alarming. Russia’s activities aren’t part of...
Trump: Taking back Crimea would trigger World War III
World War III would break out if the United States were to intervene and take back Crimea from Russia on behalf of Ukraine, Donald Trump declared Monday, in his latest statement explaining his assessment of the geopolitical situation. Trump mocked media coverage of his interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that suggested he did not...
POLITICO appoints David Herszenhorn as Chief Brussels Correspondent
POLITICO has hired David M. Herszenhorn, Washington correspondent at the New York Times, as Chief Brussels Correspondent. Matthew Kaminski, POLITICO Europe’s Executive Editor, announced the appointment in an email to staff on Monday: “In this newly created role, David will anchor our coverage of the EU, its institutions and personalities,...
The Democrats’ Putin dilemma
Donald Trump was the bogeyman of this week’s Democratic national convention. But placing a close second to Trump was Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin. Democrats linked the two bad guys together, hammering Trump for his past words of praise for Putin as a “strong leader” and his claim that the U.S. would “get along great” with Russia...
Nato and cyber-attacks: Time to raise our game
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg | Photo credit: Press association They may be invisible, but every day our countries face attacks in cyber-space. Nato is adapting to this increasing threat, writes Jens Stoltenberg. Until recently, cyber-attacks on financial institutions were the ones that hit the headlines. Today, it is critical networks...
Trump and the Oligarch
The house wasn’t built for a Russian oligarch, although it looked the part. The 62,000-square-foot, 17-bedroom mansion is a palace of new-money flash, featuring Greek fountains, tennis courts, trompe l’oeil murals, underground parking for dozens of cars, and a 100-foot swimming pool and hot tub overlooking the ocean. It even had a...
German FM: Donald Trump victory would threaten transatlantic ties
A Donald Trump presidency would lead to “many uncertainties for the transatlantic relationship,” the German foreign minister warned Thursday. Frank-Walter Steinmeier called Trump’s view of the U.S. as a country surrounded by inner and outer enemies “grotesque,” in an interview with Passauer Neuer Presse. “The fact that a presidential...
Democrats key on Trump’s national security fitness
With Democrats sensing that Donald Trump is newly vulnerable on national security grounds after startling statements about Russia and NATO, Wednesday night’s convention speakers blasted Trump’s fitness to be commander in chief, suggesting that only Hillary Clinton could keep America safe — and avoid nuclear war. “No major party...
