{"id":29310,"date":"2016-12-31T22:18:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T22:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=29310"},"modified":"2016-12-31T22:18:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T22:18:40","slug":"trump-praises-putin-for-refusing-to-retaliate-on-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=29310","title":{"rendered":"Trump praises Putin for refusing to retaliate on sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"trumpputin\"International desk: The Russian embassy in the United States retweeted Trump's post.<\/p>\n

The praise came a day after President Obama, responding to Russian efforts to intervene in the 2016 election via cyber-espionage, announced economic sanctions on Russian intelligence officials and institutions, the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats suspected of being spies, and the shuttering of two Russian facilities in the United States.<\/p>\n

While Russian officials recommended expelling U.S. officials from their country, Putin announced Friday he would not do so, partly in deference to the incoming Trump administration.<\/p>\n

Trump has questioned whether Russia was involved in hacking the emails of Democratic Party officials, and he brushed off the sanctions imposed by Obama.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt's time for our country to move on to bigger and better things,” Trump said in a statement Thursday night.<\/p>\n

He added, “nevertheless, in the interest of our country and its great people, I will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation.”<\/p>\n

That briefing will be scheduled for next week, Trump transition spokesman Sean Spicer said.<\/p>\n

U.S. intelligence officials have accused the Russians of hacking Democratic emails in an effort to help Trump win the election.<\/p>\n

While Putin and Russia deny the allegations, the Obama administration is a preparing a report on the cyber attacks, and Congress is likely to conduct an investigation of its own.<\/p>\n

During the campaign, Democrats said Trump was too friendly with Putin; Trump said he only wants to improve U.S.-Russian relations.<\/p>\n

Trump tweeted about the Russian leader on a day in which he continued to hold meetings at his Mar-a-Lago estate in South Florida about plans for his inauguration and administration.<\/p>\n

The president-elect has four Cabinet-level slots to fill: director of National Intelligence, secretary of Agriculture, U.S. trade representative and secretary of Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\n

Trump is also planning a New Year's Eve reception at Mar-a-Lago, with guests including Sylvester Stallone and Quincy Jones.<\/p>\n

The president-elect is scheduled to return to New York City on New Year's Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International desk: The Russian embassy in the United States retweeted Trump’s post. The praise came a day after President Obama, responding to Russian efforts to intervene in the 2016 election via cyber-espionage, announced economic sanctions on Russian intelligence officials and institutions, the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats suspected of being spies, and the shuttering of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":29311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n