Trump's second national security adviser said in his memoir he did not understand “Putin’s hold on Trump”.
: Donald Trump was determined during his presidency to cozy up to Vladimir Putin despite Russia's interference in US democracy and objections by advisers, a former top aide claims in a new book, according to an excerpt published Saturday.
A former lieutenant-general, McMaster became Trump’s national security adviser in February 2017, and says that from the beginning, discussions of Vladimir Putin and Russia “were difficult to have with the president.” But the Russian president, “a ruthless former KGB operator, played to Trump’s ego and insecurities with flattery,“ McMaster says.
He said he asked Trump: “As Russia tries to delegitimize our legitimate elections, why would you help him legitimize his illegitimate election?”
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