Section: Vox (USA)
A Russian newspaper editor explains how Putin made Trump his puppet
“They consider him a stupid, unstrategic politician.” Mikhail Fishman is the editor-in-chief of the Moscow Times, an English-language weekly newspaper published in Moscow. The paper is critical of Vladimir Putin; indeed, it was targeted twice in 2015 by Russian hackers and has been attacked repeatedly by pro-Kremlin pundits. Fishman, a Russian...
Vox Sentences: Trump’s new national security adviser has his job cut out for him
Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world, curated by Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive for past editions. In which we do not envy the job of the national security adviser; a famine in...
33 questions about Donald Trump and Russia
There’s an awful lot of loose ends here. Michael Flynn’s resignation — under fire — as national security adviser has the larger question of Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia back in the news. It’s a story that centers on three big, but fundamentally unproven, allegations: that Trump is either on the take from Russia,...
Fact-checking Trump’s claim that he has no business ties to Russia
Trump doesn’t own real estate in Russia, but he’s done plenty of business with Russians. At a raucous press conference on Thursday, President Trump faced a volley of questions about his and his inner circle’s ties to Russia. At one point, he declared: “I can tell you, speaking for myself, I own nothing in Russia. I have no loans...
Read: The full transcript of President Trump’s wild press conference
Video and a rush transcript of Trump’s February 16 press conference On Thursday afternoon, President Trump held a press conference in the wake of several events that have rocked his young administration, including the resignation of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, the revelation that Russia secretly deployed a missile that...
Either Trump is lying about his campaign’s Russia ties or US spies are
In the midst of a rambling, angry press conference on Thursday afternoon, a reporter asked Trump for a “yes or no” answer on whether his campaign had any contact with Russia over the course of the election. Here’s what he said: How many times do I have to answer this question? Russia is a ruse. I have nothing to do with Russia. I...
The secretary of defense appears to be making his own Russia policies
At home, President Trump is flailing in the face of three separate scandals stemming from his administration’s close ties to the Kremlin. Abroad, his own appointees are busy creating another problem — brazenly undermining his stated policy on Russia in trips to foreign countries. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who said that the list of...
Evelyn Farkas was the Pentagon’s top Russia expert. Now she wants Trump independently investigated.
“The fundamental question is: Are you susceptible to blackmail from a foreign entity or individual?” From 2012 to 2015, Evelyn Farkas served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. Since leaving office, she’s been raising the alarm that there was more to the strange relationship between Trumpland and...
Vox Sentences: Trump’s Israel-Palestine policy: ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world, curated by Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive for past editions. The Trump administration might have just totally shifted the US’s stance...
The 3 Trump-Russia scandals, explained
It’s starting to look like President Trump has a Russia problem. Late on Tuesday night, the New York Times reported that members of Trump’s campaign team and other “Trump associates” had “repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials” prior to the November vote. The calls were intercepted by US officials monitoring...
