The liberal media were apparently still trying to suggest President Trump was a Russian asset during Tuesday’s edition of CNN This Morning. Anchor Jim Sciutto and senior international correspondent Fred Pleitgen’s redux of the Russia Collusion Hoax involved them juxtaposing Trump’s desire to bring the War in Ukraine to a close with an ad put out by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). At one point, CNN even did a crossfade putting the SVR emblem over Trump’s face (pictured in this piece).
“President Trump says he has spoken to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, since returning to the White House,” Sciutto ominously announced at the top of the segment. “Trump says he plans to have, quote, many more conversations with Putin as he pushes for an end to the war in Ukraine.”
Adding: “In Russia, Trump seems to be getting positive reactions from people there.”
Pleitgen warned of “a very open influence operation targeting Americans” from Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, “This slick ad showcasing Soviet and U.S. troops defeating Nazi Germany together.”
As Pleitgen noted that the SVR emblem was at the end of the ad, he pivoted to Trump, with the crossfade placing the emblem right on Trump’s face (pictured above):
PLEITGEN: Urging Americans not to support further military aid for Ukraine, at the end, the symbol of Russia's foreign intelligence service, the SVR. All this as President Trump this weekend claimed he's already in talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end the war.
TRUMP: And I want to stop it just because I hate to see all these young people being killed. The soldiers are being killed by the hundreds of thousands.
Pleitgen was also at a rally for Russian veterans in Moscow where he pointed to a random woman wearing a “Team Putin t-shirt” as an example of the love Trump enjoined in Russia:
Nina wears a "Team Putin" t-shirt, but also likes what she's hearing from the new U.S. president. “Of course, I like him,” she says. “You have to be tough and have discipline in everything so people can live well without wars.”
"Do you think he can help resolve the conflict with Ukraine?" I ask. “It's long overdue,” she says. “He promised it and we're waiting for it. Hurry up. Don't waste time. People are dying.”
He also spoke with a former Wagner fighter who he described as “not unhappy President Trump is in office and Biden is out.”
The tone of this part of the report was basically, ‘if they like Trump, he must be on their side.’
