'Russian Active Measures'? See 'RealDonaldTrump' On Twitter
Clinton Watts is the flavor of the week in Washington. His bombshell testimony yesterday gave the nation a that "what did the president know and when did he know it" moment for this historic governmental crisis.
Watts was on Morning Joe this morning, and his comments here go even further than his testimony yesterday.
Asked by Mike Barnicle if there is potential collusion between Russian intelligence and the Trump campaign, Watts said yes.
WATTS: There's two ways to look at how Russian active measures get propelled, you know, amongst the Trump campaign: Is it coordination and synchronization? And at times we saw people say on Twitter "hey I've talked to Guccifer I've talked to WikiLeaks and they've got something coming out to me." That's collusion when I see that. The other part is opportunism, which is also strange. Why would you look to Russian propaganda to go against your American opponent? That's crazy, especially coming from a Republican candidate. Looking back to the Reagan era this is the party that was tough on the Soviet Union, tough on Russia, and we've got a candidate now president that's citing Russian propaganda to go after his opponents. So either scenario is
scary. I think collusions, you know, the worst case, obviously.