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0 pointschowchowchow8y ago0 comments

Sure. Hope you find these sources acceptable. Re retweeting Russian propaganda accounts:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-campaign-staffers-pushed...

I'm not saying they knew what they were doing at the time, but the fact of the matter is: Trump Jr., Flynn, Kellyanne Conway all retweeted TEN_GOP, a Russian propaganda account, in the run up to the election varying number of times.

Re Trump himself echoing Russian Propaganda:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgkqW4cJOFQ

I imagine you will find issues with these sources, since they probably are disagreeable to you. To me, and I imagine to most unbiased readers, they are fairly clear evidence of the fact that Trump and his team did (perhaps unknowingly) spread stories that originated from Russian propaganda and disinformation efforts.

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juliangoldsmith8y ago

I can't say I'm a fan of the Daily Beast, but the RBC link looks legit. The president retweeting an official-looking Twitter account that said something he agrees with isn't great, but it's a bit of a jump between that and collusion.

As far as him echoing propaganda, it's not impossible. He and his staff probably didn't comb through sources on everything they retweeted. Each individual claim of echoing propaganda would have to be evaluated individually.

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