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Rex Tillerson to Senate: Russia a ‘danger’ to the U.S. (VIDEO)
Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, gets grilled t0da7 by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – on every foreign policy issue, with Russia dominating the conversation.
Tillerson however, broke rank with President-elect Trump, saying that Russia’s recent actions “disregarded American interests.” He went on to say that Russia has ‘no legal claim’ to Crimea and that “Russia today poses a danger” to the US.
CONFIRMED: US deploys troops to Russia’s border
The Lithuanian government has confirmed the presence of US special forces in the country.
According to the Lithuanian Defence Ministry spokeswoman, Asta Galdikaite, the dozens 0f US forces training Lithuanian special forces would remain there as long as they see Russia as a ‘threat’ or however long they see fit.
From Antimedia.org:
Donald Trump mocks intel agencies for failing to prove Russian hacking
In his most recent comment on Twitter, President-elect Donald Trump expressed his frustration with the intelligence community over the fact that it continues to delay a crucial briefing on the alleged Russian hacking of the US election.
Trump’s comment appears to suggest that the entire narrative is made up and that the briefing delay is a testament to the fact that the intelligence community simply doesn’t have a case to present.