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Chris Wallace and Reince Priebus
for an interview with incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, with viewers describing it as "
disappointing" and "ludicrous." Speaking to Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, Trump's chief of staff
Priebus said that the president elect "accepts the fact that in this particular case it was entities in Russia." He also criticised the Democratic National Committee (DNC), however, for their shoddy defense against cyber attacks.
The
report, which was carried out by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), found that Russian president Vladimir Putin interfered in the election to aid Trump's campaign.
The report has been widely mocked online for its lack of proof, misinformation and preoccupation with RT.
"The primary actor was the foreign entity... Russia. Here's what we have, we have the DNC as a sitting duck... It started as a spearfishing expedition...just so happened that the DNC had almost no defenses on their system," Priebus said, adding that "actions may be taken" in response to Russia's
alleged hacking.
For viewers, however, many seemed to
side with Trump's earlier comments in relation to the report, with a number of Facebook users stating that
Wallace's approach to the interview and clear desire for Priebus to blame Russia was "disappointing."
Comment: The indoctrination of MSM's own people goes long and deep, especially in the face of facts. Social media has made the connections and distinctions and adjusted, shouldn't they?
See also:
Priebus says Trump acknowledges Russia's role in US election hacking
As Enrico Braun writes, for
Russia Insider, Priebus has "flubbed it big time":
This is an epic fail by Trump's chief-of-staff - an establishment insider picked to grease the new outsider president's interactions with Congress.
Donald Trump has the neocon establishment in a head-lock. They have been caught red-handed lying, with the truth being disseminated widely in alternative media. The US government's and media's claims being demolished on a daily basis. It would be crazy for The Donald to throw in the towel now - and anyway, it's totally against his style.
Reince is a careerist cuckservative who seemed promising, but he may have just screwed himself. Detente with Russia is going to be the centerpiece of Trump's foreign policy. He cannot afford a chief-of-staff who is contradicting his boss's stated position at every turn.
Comment: See also: The Untold History of Modern U.S. Education