He also said President Trump has “a blind spot” toward Vladimir Putin’s government.
Sen. Mitt Romney on Sunday said “Russia acted with impunity” in launching a cyberattack on the United States and that President Donald Trump continues to have “a blind spot” toward Russia.
“What this invasion underscores is that Russia acted with impunity,” the Utah Republican said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “They didn’t fear what we would be able to do from a cyber capacity. They didn’t think that our defense systems were particularly adequate. And they apparently didn’t think that we would respond in a very aggressive way.”
Romney said Russia’s sweeping cyberattack, which hit agencies across the U.S. government and elements of the nation’s infrastructure, demonstrated that Vladimir Putin’s government wouldn’t need to launch missiles to disrupt America’s most crucial systems, such as supply chains and public utilities. The attack has been called the most severe of its kind ever.
“They don’t need rockets to take those things out,” Romney said. “They potentially have the capability to take out all of those things and doing it remotely at very small cost.”
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