Trump Believes Putin When he Says Russia Didn't Meddle in 2016 Election
Although major US security intelligence agencies, including the FBI, CIA, etc. have agreed that Russia did in fact meddle in the 2016 US election, one way or another, the Trump denial train has taken his supporters at heart: they believe him, and will defend it until proven guilty.
The problem is Trump-backed supporters believe that the 'left' is conspiring against Trump and making it seem like collusion is proven by major Intel agencies which is completely false. What nearly everyone is trying to do, including many Republicans, is come to the agreement that the Russian government did meddle with the 2016 election in favor of Trump whether it was in collusion with Trump's administration or not.
A recent study has proven, announced by Facebook, that fake Russian accounts that promoted false stories to ruin Hillary Clinton's reputation had reached more than 126 million people on the social media platform (which is nearly half of the US population in numbers).
The same promotion of anti-Clinton fake news propaganda pushed for by the Russian government and Russian troll farms via Twitter ended with the platform now publicizing whomever is behind ads visible to the public. This was after Facebook and Twitter declared war on fake news.
There's no denying that anti-Trump fake news stories did in fact circulate on the web in order to push for an agenda against the Trump campaign in favor of the Clinton campaign; but the fact is that no specific other foreign country was behind the mass majority of the fake ads.
A controversy rose as Trump made his way across Asia on his foreign trip and said, after meeting with Russian President Vladmir Putin, that he 'really believes' Putin when he tells Trump that Russia 'did not meddle' in the 2016 Presidential election. Many have claimed the statement proves Trump thinks the Russian government, of which would be the criminal side of this issue, is more truthful than US Intelligence agencies (including the CIA).
The danger to democracy shown by Trump's denial of Russian efforts to influence the minds of voters across the US has been proven before. If Trump does not believe Russian cyber warfare attempted to damage the way of democracy in the US; then the President is simply refusing to act on what is being called a proven act.
However, Sarah Sanders said the US government is doing 'a lot behind the scenes every day' to prevent these sorts of cyber attacks that toy with the US democracy.
But one question remains. If Sarah Sanders was telling the truth, and the Trump administration is in fact taking action to go against the Russian cyber attempts to meddle in 2016, then why won't Trump admit so? Why is he so determined to make it seem that Russia did not, by any means, try to influence the election? It may be simply to protect his own ego.
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