Russia may have just spread disinformation on Facebook. Where's Trump?


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And as NBC reported last week, “there is no coherent Trump administration strategy to combat foreign election interference – and no single person or agency in charge.”


While it might be unfair to say that the Trump administration wants Russia to interfere in the 2018 elections, it isn’t too much of a stretch to say that the president himself isn’t too concerned about it.


You’ll notice that whenever he grudgingly reads a prepared statement saying that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, he immediately raises doubts by saying something like “Could be other people also. There’s a lot of people out there.” Whenever he does this, he sends a clear message to Vladimir Putin: I have to say I’m unhappy about this, but you just go right ahead and keep doing what you’re doing.


The great thing about platforms like Facebook and Twitter is that they can be used to manipulate our elections at almost no cost and with only minimal effort. Hacking into state election systems is harder, but far from impossible. Which is why, unless our government imposes some real costs on them, there’s no reason to think Russia is going to stop trying.


Last week, Trump tweeted that “I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don’t want Trump!” It was surely greeted with laughter over at the Kremlin – and a signal to continue their work.


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