US Podcast: Russia and Trump’s War with the Media

Posted by Scott Lucas | Feb 25, 2017 | 0

So what explains Donald Trump’s latest attacks on the US media, including a long diatribe about “fake news” in a Friday speech and an unprecedented exclusion of leading outlets from a White House briefing?

In a word: Russia.

See TrumpWatch, Day 36: Amid “Russia Links” Story, Trump Attacks Press and FBI

I explained to BBC Radio Wales the connection, with the Trump Administration trying to push back an investigation of links between the President’s associates and Russian officials during the 2016 campaign.

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A Trump supporter holds a Russian flag, handed out by pranksters, at the Conservative Political Action Conference

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

US Podcast: Russia and Trump’s War with the Media

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