Trump Camp Claims It Was Tricked By Larry King Into Russian TV Interview

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The Donald Trump campaign is scrambling to explain how the GOP nominee ended up on Russia-backed TV Thursday night, and they're trying to get Larry King to take the fall. A Trump spokeswoman told Bloomberg News' Kevin Cirilli that the Republican nominee agreed to a phone interview for King's podcast, and that he was unaware the interview would appear on Russian Television.

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Trump campaign spokeswoman tells me that Trump "recorded a short interview with Larry King for his podcast as a favor to Mr. King."

9:44 PM - 8 Sep 2016


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Trump campaign spokeswoman tells me that "what Larry King does with the interview content is up to him, we have nothing to do with it."

9:44 PM - 8 Sep 2016


Trump spokesman Jason Miller gave a similar explanation that Trump thought the interview was for a podcast to CNN. "Mr. Trump was never told it would be shared anywhere else," Miller said.

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway echoed Miller during a Friday morning interview on CNN. "A former CNN superstar, Larry King, has a podcast, and Mr. Trump went on his podcast. Nobody said it would be on Russian TV," Conway said on CNN's "New Day."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-camp-explanation-rt-interview

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It's good to have American perspective on media in Russia.

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Here it is   

https://www.rt.com/usa/358715-trump-larry-king-interview/

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WTF is he doing, going on RT?     It's a propaganda channel and their nation's goal involves the downfall of ours.

I remember everyone rightly upset when Obama went to germany to give a speech to shit on bush.  This is the same thing.

Trump's ties to russia have a lot of people very upset.  A lot of republicans too.

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WTF is he doing, going on RT?     It's a propaganda channel and their nation's goal involves the downfall of ours.

I remember everyone rightly upset when Obama went to germany to give a speech to shit on bush.  This is the same thing.

Trump's ties to russia have a lot of people very upset.  A lot of republicans too.

Few corrections, Sir.

RT is propaganda channel just as much as CNN. Watch the Larry King show for example... what is propaganda in it?

Russian goal is not downfall of USA  

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LOL, few corrections, Sir.

RT is propaganda channel just as much as CNN. Watch the Larry King show for example... what is propaganda in it?

Russian goal is not downfall of USA 

But it's the russian version of CNN.  I completely agree that CNN is american news prpganda.  RT is the same. 

And yes, the goal of the russian govt is to get big and strong and become the #1 world superpower.  That is kinda our slot, so some downgrade of US greatness would be part of that.


I don't like Trump doing this.  He's already asked them to help steal/release top secret emails, because it will help his campaign. He already promised them the US media would reward them for it.  He has heaped praise upon their leader. 

And now he's joining them on RT - along with assange - to help shit on obama, and hilary, and to try to win an election. 

IMO, there should be ZERO collusion with our global adversaries if you want to win an election.  Trump is WAY over the line here.  other repubs are agreeing, and they've been nice to him for weeks now.  They don't like this shit either.

And then you go toward the "we don't know how much $ the russian banks have pumped to trump, cause his money is secret..."  SUper troubling!

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^ Well, I must agree after thinking it a little that it was a bad move.
He probably didn't really realize it would be aired on RT in plain English.


But what I'm wondering is, what is Russia doing?
Surely they must understand that "supporting" Trump can very easily be counter productive and turn many voters against him.
Common sense says it would be more beneficial to tout "God save us if Trump wins"   "He will kick us out of middle east"   etc.

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But what I'm wondering is, what is Russia doing?
Surely they must understand that "supporting" Trump can very easily be counter productive and turn many voters against him.
Common sense says it would be more beneficial to tout "God save us if Trump wins"   "He will kick us out of middle east"   etc.

assage is living in russia, working for RTimes, and is openly working to defeat hilary.  He promised 30,000 more emails, and a huge surprise right before debate, and another before election day.  He is clearly a political operative.  When he shit on bush, he was just about getting info out.  Right now, he's on Hannity show telling the world why we have to elect Trump.  He's gone from "info needs to go to the people" into the world of "I want to elect THIS GUY".

So we have a russian citizen, well connected and protected by their govt, who has ALREADY released tens of thousands of documents which are pretty much THE ONLY thing the repubs have to shit on hilary.  WIthout those emails, it's take 12 of benghazi and "the FBI didn't file charges, it's over".   

thanks to assange, and his russian protection (and maybe their hackers too) - Trump has his biggest weapon, used daily against hilary.

Russians have already made a HUGE contribution and may be keeping turmp in this.  without those emails, I'm not sure what is damaging her right now.