{"id":17734,"date":"2017-01-08T09:46:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T13:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=17734"},"modified":"2017-01-08T09:47:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T13:47:49","slug":"trump-only-stupid-people-or-fools-think-good-us-russia-relations-are-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=17734","title":{"rendered":"Trump: Only &#8216;Stupid People&#8217; or &#8216;Fools&#8217; Think Good US-Russia Relations Are Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"artPgHdLnWrapper\">\n<h5 id=\"imageMid\" class=\"artImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.newsmax.com\/CMSPages\/GetFile.aspx?guid=66a29d4a-178e-4c22-9405-42fb1dcbfc5a&amp;SiteName=Newsmax&amp;maxsidesize=600\" alt=\"Image: Trump: Only 'Stupid People' or 'Fools' Think Good US-Russia Relations Are Bad\" \/><br \/>\n(AP)<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"artPgByline\">By Sandy Fitzgerald<br \/>\nNEWSMAX<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Only &#8220;&#8216;stupid&#8217; people or fools&#8221; would think that having a good relationship with Russia is bad, President-elect Donald Trump said in a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\">series of tweets Saturday morning.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The messages came on the heels of a post late Friday<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Politics\/donald-trump-slams-democrats-negligence\/2017\/01\/06\/id\/767287\/\"> slamming the Democratic National Committee<\/a><\/strong> for its &#8220;gross negligence&#8221; that opened the way to allow Russia to hack into its computer servers during the presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Trump kicked off his morning tweets at about 6 a.m., when he insisted there was &#8220;no evidence&#8221; that Russian hacking affected the election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Intelligence stated very strongly there was absolutely no evidence that hacking affected the election results. Voting machines not touched!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/817701436096126977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His post came after he was briefed Friday by U.S. intelligence officials on a report that blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for directing hacking operations on the DNC and other party operatives in hopes of swing the election Trump&#8217;s way.<\/p>\n<p>President Barack Obama, who ordered the report, received it on Thursday, and a declassified version was released to the public after Trump was briefed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All three agencies agree with this judgment,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;CIA and FBI have a high confidence in this judgment; NSA has moderate confidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Trump has continued to question the conclusions, and on Saturday continued his contention that maintaining a relationship with Russia would benefit the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In the second of his earlier tweets, Trump said the continued discussion about the DNC hacks is occurring because of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton&#8217;s loss to him:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only reason the hacking of the poorly defended DNC is discussed is that the loss by the Dems was so big that they are totally embarrassed!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/817703208567078913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A few hours later, Trump reappeared on Twitter to comment about &#8220;stupid&#8221; people being against a good relationship with Russia:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only &quot;stupid&quot; people, or fools, would think that it is bad! We&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/817748207694467072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Within minutes, Trump added to that, continuing his thought with two more tweets, promising Russia will respect the United States once he take office:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">have enough problems around the world without yet another one. When I am President, Russia will respect us far more than they do now and&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/817750330196819968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And his hope the United States and Russia can work together to solve the world&#8217;s problems:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">both countries will, perhaps, work together to solve some of the many great and pressing problems and issues of the WORLD!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/817753083707015168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Politics\/trump-twitter-russia-relations\/2017\/01\/07\/id\/767301\/\">http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Politics\/trump-twitter-russia-relations\/2017\/01\/07\/id\/767301\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}