Kremlin says it's 'stupid' to think that Trump could be a Russian agent

Source: Politico | January 16, 2019 | Caitlin Oprysko

Top Kremlin officials are scoffing at the idea that President Donald Trump is working as a Russian agent, dismissing the notion as “nonsense” and blasting U.S. journalists for their attention to the issue.

“That’s stupid,” said Yuri Ushakov, a foreign policy aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Bloomberg News. “How can the president of the United States be an agent of another country? Just think about that.”

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday also denied “accusations that President Trump is effectively a Russian agent,” Bloomberg reported.

He also said that in covering the reports, U.S. media are “lowering their journalistic standards” and bashed lawmakers for undermining Trump’s ability to conduct foreign policy.

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