President Trump puts the pressure on Obama, asks why he didn’t do anything to stop Russian meddling pic.twitter.com/1gVkgDDM17
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) February 20, 2018
President Trump in an early morning tweet on Tuesday thanked “Fox & Friends” for outlining the Obama administration’s “failures” in addressing Russian aggressions in Crimea and elsewhere.
“Thank you to @foxandfriends for the great timeline on all of the failures the Obama Administration had against Russia, including Crimea, Syria and so much more,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “We are now starting to win again!”
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The “Fox & Friends” segment Trump referred to centered on the Obama administration’s unsuccessful efforts to thaw relations with Russia and its failure to thwart aggressive actions by Moscow.
Trump’s comments come four days after Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election, unsealed indictments against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for their alleged roles in an effort to sow discord and divisions in the U.S. during the presidential race.
The indictments detailed how the Russian government worked to help elect Trump and smear former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Mueller is reportedly still investigating whether any members of the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to help influence and disrupt the 2016 election.
Trump has repeatedly denied the notion that his campaign colluded with Moscow, and has, at times, appeared to question the validity of the U.S. intelligence community’s assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 election.
He has also blamed former President Obama for not doing more to address Russian interference in the election, and has accused him of ignoring the issue, because he expected Clinton to win the race.