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The authors of the book reveal that there was a large-scale Russian interference in the 2016 American presidential election. The Russians hacked into Democratic institutions, spread false information on social media, and had connections with Trump’s campaign staff. Only after Trump won did we learn about Russia’s meddling.
The 2016 US presidential election was a wild ride, with some serious aspects. One of those is the involvement and influence of Russian hackers.
Investigative journalists Michael Isikoff and David Corn closely followed the events of the campaign, which led to many unexpected twists. They were able to connect Trump’s 2013 trip to Moscow with his efforts to build a Trump Tower in the city and subsequent meetings at the New York Trump Tower between campaign personnel and Russian officials.
The journalists point out that the Trump campaign didn’t inform law enforcement of their meeting with Russian agents. Without further ado, let’s dive into what happened in the months leading up to the 2016 election. In these key points, you’ll discover how a Russian pop star had something to do with the 2016 election; how a Scottish professor played a role in Trump’s ties to Russia; and what happened at Obama and Putin’s meeting at G20 summit.
Big Idea #1: Donald Trump wanted to expand his business into Russia and was impressed with Putin.
On November 9, 2013, the Crocus City Hall in Moscow was prepared for a lavish extravaganza. The event was centered around Donald Trump – an American business mogul and star of his own reality TV show. He used this location for one of his most prized assets: the Miss Universe pageant – an international beauty competition that is held annually (first established in 1952).
But this event was more than a beauty contest. Trump had picked Moscow because he wanted to make a good impression with Russian President Vladimir Putin and have the chance to do business in Russia.
Trump was nervous about whether Putin would show up to the pageant. He also had some bad press because of his choice of location for the event, which made human rights groups unhappy.
As a result, the Human Rights Campaign demanded that Trump relocate the Miss Universe pageant. However, he was determined to do it because of his business opportunity with Emin Agalarov and Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump Jr. met with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who promised to give him damaging information about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign. Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer is part of an ongoing investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in order to influence the election’s outcome. The president has denied his team coordinated or colluded with Russians, but emails released by his eldest son show he was eager for negative information on Hillary Clinton from any source.
Trump was glad that Putin didn’t come to the pageant, because he knew it would be a traffic jam.
Big Idea #2: The Obama administration wanted to improve US-Russian relations by lifting sanctions, but Trump’s plans were stalled.
Trump had a chance to meet Putin, but he was disappointed when the Russian leader didn’t show up. The meeting was supposed to take place during an event in Moscow that Trump hosted. However, it wasn’t long before his plans for constructing a new building in Moscow were put on hold because of diplomatic changes between Russia and the US. During Obama’s first term as president, there was hope among some officials that they could improve their relationship with Russia by working with Medvedev instead of Putin.
