Trump Rejects NY Times Report of Russian Bounties on US Troops in Afghanistan

Trump Rejects NY Times Report of Russian Bounties on US Troops in Afghanistan
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One prior to departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, June 23, 2020, as he travels to Arizona to view the border wall and speak at a Republican student event. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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President Donald Trump responded to a New York Times report claiming that U.S. intelligence officials learned that Russia offered bounties to Taliban-linked terrorists to kill American and coalition troops in Afghanistan.

Trump wrote on Twitter on June 28 that no one in his administration, including White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Vice President Mike Pence, briefed him on the allegations contained in the report, describing it as “fake news.”
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