The U.S. intelligence community believes the Kremlin will direct its propaganda efforts to support former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election, an intelligence official indicated on a media call Monday.
Iran is likely to continue to try to denigrate Trump, the official said, and China doesn’t appear to have a preference in the presidential race but may try to interfere in congressional races.
The call, held by the Foreign Malign Influence Center, one of the few arms of the U.S. government devoted to countering foreign propaganda campaigns, elaborated on an agency alert about foreign propaganda campaigns released Monday afternoon.
The official’s remarks were the clearest sign yet that the U.S. believes Trump remains Russia’s preferred candidate even after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee.
um russia’s BEEN using propaganda for the last 10 years, to help captain “putin can do whatever the hell he wants” diaperpants
Cadet, not captain. He’s a draft doger.
Bidet
So, same as the last two elections.
Ok.
“Russia might continue interfering in international politics while supporting a Russian asset they’ve interfered with international politics before to support”
I know things like this should be pointed out at ANY AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY, because apparently people have short attention spans… But holy shit reading stuff like this just makes me think the average person is so out of touch with reality that they literally need daily reminders that one of the shittiest people they know is still shitty.
The only people who don’t think Russia has something on Trump that makes him an asset that they can use to destabilize politics in a rival country at any and every opportunity, are people somehow ignorant of the last decade of history, useful idiots, and people being paid to think that.
I can think of at least two accounts that are prolific on Lemmy that almost exclusively post things that align with Russia’s PoV. To anyone that thinks it can’t happen here, I have some prime vacation property to sell to you in Florida.
Oh ho, so I see you love genocide then!
/s
Why yes! I do!
The problem I have with genocide is that there isn’t enough. Why stop with just Jews, or Palestinians? Finish the job, coward! Kill the entire human species! If you really believed in genocide, you’d launch those goddamn missiles yesterday!.
Anyone on .ml or hexbear basically toes the Russia line.
I’m glad we are finally saying this part out loud
Barely. “russia might use propaganda to help trump?” Says former intelligence guy? That’s the most lukewarm take on it possible.
If it was reversed, this shit would be blaring 24/7.
Considering Trump wants to end funding for Ukraine, this is a no brainer.
Given that his cult is absolutely brain rotten, apparently it does require a modicum of thought to know that a duck is a duck.
A Donald duck
Duh. They want the weakest United States possible.
They’re manifestly pro-Trump, not anti-Biden. In 2016 you could make the argument because Putin hated Hillary Clinton but they are clearly and consistently helping Trump against 3 different candidates, at some point it’s obvious.
Duh, he’s an asset
Read about this and more in the latest issue of Duh Magazine. (Paraphrasing Norm MacDonald)
“…believes…”is
“…will likely…”will totally
FTFY
…continue to…
Wait, why… are we talking… like Christopher Walken?
No! We’re talking…! Like…! Captain James! T! Kirk!
Dammit Jim, I’m a commenter not a doctor!!
Of course, putin will want his pathetic lapdog in power
100% = “likely”. Good to know.
When Putin is finally defenestrated once and for all, I’m curious to see how greatly that will affect geopolitics. Like, is Putin some kind of genius here, or will his apparatus be easily inherited by a successor?
No dictator holds absolute power, but divides it under him to counterbalance his supporters. All those supporters think they deserve everything and said counterbalance generally doesn’t allow them to squeeze seize it cleanly. The oligarchy will likely try to use a cutout they think they can control.
I wonder if any of the sycophants remaining to stare at the dangling keys to power like mesmerized toddlers would even retain the presence and ability to scheme.
That’s one long cultivated and pruned garden of shitbaggery with a history of rich men whose abilities extend to amassing stolen wealth and an inability to handle windows. How many Kingmakers could possibly remain?
The whole house of cards may fall after time’s dues are paid and Putin finally runs out of track to run away from his pedestrian mortality.
Not willing to entertain bets on whether that will be the time of changes or more “and then it got worse” though.
I’d expect so.
I mean, we’d also interfere in Russian elections, if they weren’t a complete sham.
