Trump Still Won’t Criticize Russia: Claims Massive Cyber Hack “May Be China” But Offers No Evidence

Topline President Donald Trump finally broke his public silence Saturday concerning the massive cyber strike perpetrated on the United States, but downplayed its severity and— repudiating his own high-level intelligence officials and the U.S. Secretary of State— claimed that China may be responsible for the attack instead of Russia, which he has traditionally been loath to ever criticize. US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force … [+] Base October 27, 2020, in Maryland. – Democrat Joe Biden was campaigning in the once reliably Republican state of Georgia on Tuesday and President Donald Trump was hopscotching across the Midwest as the US election campaign entered its final week. Biden, 77, who is leading in the polls ahead of the November 3 vote, was to hold a socially distanced drive-in car rally in Atlanta, Georgia’s largest city. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Key Facts “The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality,” Trump tweeted Saturday morning, adding, “everything is well under control,” and “Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of discussing the possibility that it may be China (it may!)” In an interview Friday night, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared, “we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity.” On Thursday, the Department of Homeland… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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