“I believed that I needed to correct the record”—DNI Coats on his first reaction to Trump’s performance in Helsinki #ClassAct #AspenSecurity
Ugh. “I don’t know what happened in that meeting”—DNI Coats on TrumpPutin summit in Helsinki #AspenSecurity
Coats directly contradicts Trump re Russia’s role on North Korea (for which Trump praised Putin in a tweet yesterday), says that Moscow is cheating on the existing sanctions regime
“I was not aware of that”—DNI Coats on whether he had advance knowledge of Trump’s infamous Oval Office meeting with Russian FM Lavrov and Amb Kislyak. Says there was “no nefarious intent.” #ThisIsNotNormal
“If you think the Russians are trying to be good neighbors, this [Skripal attack] is the kind of thing they do.” Makes a dig about Putin’s KGB background, says people (who?) shouldn’t be naive about who he is. #AspenSecurity
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