Trump needs to put Americans over Russians: #tellusatoday

A declassified version of the FBI, CIA and the National Security Agency’s report on Russian interference in the election was released to the public, asserting that Russian President Vladimir Putin “ordered” the operation to get Donald Trump elected. Facebook comments are edited for clarity and grammar:

Russian officials alleged that Donald Trump’s campaign was in dialogue before the election. Trump has business interests in Russia he is trying to protect and he is throwing the U.S. and Americans under the bus to protect his own selfish interests.

After what we know now, Trump will never be a legitimate president.

Trump as president will be an absolute, epic disaster that will likely destroy the U.S. The sooner members of Congress face the truth, the sooner they can remove this narcissist from office.

— Bob Rousseau

Trump is not concerned about the integrity of the American electoral system. He just wants to make sure he gets power.

— Kris Sweedler

If an investigation concludes that there was consistent contact between Trump’s campaign and the Russians, then Trump should be impeached. On the other hand, even if Trump’s people weren’t involved, he is duty-bound to keep this from happening again. If he doesn’t, Trump will be failing his office.

People were worrying about Hillary Clinton’s State Department emails while this was going on? Were they crazy or just ignorant? But be that as it may, they still voted for Trump, and now he’s got a duty to all of us. No more games.

— William Worsham

For Trump to believe the intelligence reports, he would first have to admit to himself that our intelligence agencies know more about the matter than he does.

Trump’s refusal to accept anything that contradicts his position is perfectly consistent with the thought process of a narcissist.

— Rich Barnes

Nothing WikiLeaks published has been proved untrue or even denied. The Russian hacking does not change the fact that the Democrats are elitist crooks.

— Gene Stensaker

We asked our followers how they saw U.S.-Russia relations moving forward. Tweets are edited for clarity and grammar:

If we keep painting Russia as the root of all evil, while we support terrorists in Syria fighting Russia and the Assad regime, we’ll probably get World War III.

— @TalkNerdyToMe72

Donald Trump will become more unpopular and untrustworthy at home by supporting Vladimir Putin. Congress will likely become Democratic at midterm.

— @Suprmanj

A delicate balance of managing Putin and his obvious agenda, and not inciting a full on Cold War. Putin is no friend to the U.S.

— @bipartisan_b

The benefits of a friendship would be outstanding!

— @AmyMichelleSel2

With caution, I hope. Russia is not our ally. The people who pushed for the Benghazi investigation and now back Russia are not patriots.

— @benwiking

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