Tweets Of The Day

(See our post on this.)

Russian spies secretly paid bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S., British and other allied troops in Afghanistan. So far Trump has done nothing about it. w/@charlie_savage, @mschwirtz https://t.co/01bMvulVST

— Eric Schmitt (@EricSchmittNYT) June 27, 2020

For those keeping score at home: In the months since the Administration knew about these bounties, the President invited Putin to join the G-7 summit, planned for pulling troops out of Germany and failed to act against growing Russian cyber action in the U.S. https://t.co/dcwx7O1EcT

— David Sanger (@SangerNYT) June 26, 2020

Trump’s response will be something along the lines of “I called Vladimir Putin and he denies it *very* strongly, so that’s good enough for me!” https://t.co/ievfsMiD0Z

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 26, 2020

What part of "support the troops" includes ignoring Russians paying bounties to Taliban forces to murder American soliders?#TraitorTrump's part.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 26, 2020

Trump allowed Russia to put a bounty on US Soldiers and did nothing to stop it, didn’t retaliate.

Do our Senators denounce Trump’s actions and want to keep our troops alive?

Quote tweet this and tag your US Senators.

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 27, 2020

Meanwhile, ICYMI the invaluable Sarah Cooper re-lives a moment of the "interview" Trump bootlick Sean "Heil" Hannity did with the Lord of the Ramp:

How to second term pic.twitter.com/WTuH277sUA

— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) June 26, 2020