Trump says he believes Putin's election meddling denials

Do you know what the real problem here is, it’s not the president its officers like you have forgotten their oath. Remember when you were commissioned and you did that support and defend the Constitution, obey the orders of the officers appointed over me, and the president of the United States?

It is OK to criticize if you do it in a professional way your comments are far from professional congratulations you’re officially an oath breaker

You are correct I stand wrong for officers. Here is what I was trying to refer to:Contempt towards officials is addressed in the Punitive articles, specifically Article 88 of the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice in the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM), United States (2008 Edition) as follows:

“ Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

In case you’re wondering if you were a commissioned officer even retired and are receiving pay you are still subject to the UCMJ.

Comming from the Party that tells us we should have been skeptical of our Intelligence Agency claims on WMD prior to the second invasion of Iraq. Now it's "We either believe what our intelligence agencies say or we are traitors to the country". But then if that last comment was true, what does it say of the majority of the Democratic Party in 2003? Got to admit the constant flip flopping on issues by Democrats over time can be interpreted as a comedy of sorts.

CPT Mike Cunningham Your post re: our POTUS was most disrespectful! Perhaps you should resign your commission and use your attitude to find a position with the Democratic Party

LTC Kevin B. Please remove the above offensive post by CPT Mike Cunningham. Thank you, CSM.

MSG (Join to see) - So your position is Trump was merely advocating for Putin without actually believing him? Sure. Go with that. Trump just wanted everyone to know that his good friend Vlad felt "insulted" and was just sticking up for him like a good friend would.... without actually believing him. Okay. Sounds legit.

MSgt Steve Sweeney
You sound like a partisan hack.
Basic facts that Democrats don't want to hear: Trump is President of the USA. Trump has to make decisions for the good of the USA. Trump has to meet foreign leaders that are our allies and foes. Trump has asked Putin about the hacking countless times, Putin has denied it. Trump stated Putin believes Russia didn't hack. Trump didn't say he believed Putin
How difficult is that? Democrats, to quote a Former 1st Army General, are stuck on stupid. It keeps repeating itself.
To Democrats:
1) It is ok if people are attacked and beaten by a person wearing a mask if they belong to ANTIFA. It is not ok if people are attacked and beaten by a person wearing a mask if they belong to a white supremacist group
2) It is crime if a member of the Trump campaign meets with a Russian and tries to get dirt on Hillary. It is opposition research if members of the Clinton campaign meet with Ukraine officials to get dirt on Trump
3) it is dirty politics, treason, and an attempt to get a foreign country to interfere with our election when Trump tells Russia on TV that if they have found Hillary's missing emails, he would like to see them. It is opposition research and normal politics when Hillary's campaign hires a company who does business with Russia, hires a foreign spy who gathers questionable information from Russian operatives, and then tries to get news agencies, politicians, and intelligence agencies to spread the information prior to the election
4) It is collusion with Russia and Russia trying to help Trump when Clinton's emails were released. It is still Russia trying to help Trump when Russuuan operatives used social media against Trump and for Clinton.
5) Uranium One, Susan Rice unmasking Trump campaign workers, FBI wire tapping campaign workers based on a Dossier paid for by Democrats, Lynch meeting with Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton's investigation dismissed due conflict concerns, FBI employing the british spy who compiled the Dossier, DNC refusing to allow the FBI to look at its servers after it was hacked, DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman employing a Pakistani who committed numerous computer related and financial crimes. All the above and more has nothing to do with Prosecuting Trump and should be forgotten.

The meddling was done buy the Russian government employees and agents, just at the contained meddling in Western Europe continues to be done.

LTC Stephen F. What makes you believe as such?

I personally don't know either way, and can honestly say my benefit of the doubt will always sway toward American services, until convinced with evidence otherwise. But I'm always interested in understanding others decision criteria.

SFC (Join to see) -
1. Since the end of the Cold War the superpowers Russia and USA have worked together in many common interests and clashed on border issues such as Georgia, Ukraine, Baltic State policy, strategic missile defense in eastern Europe [Poland, Bulgaria, etc.]
2. On old friend of mine and USMA classmate has spent about 890 days on the Soyuz international space station since the 1990s. Each time he traveled to Russia to be launched up to the Space Station and returned. He is now a retired US Army LTC.
3. Old friends of mine now command CENTCOM, SOCOM and USFK and especially CENTCOM and SOCOM have dealings with Russian conventional unconventional forces at times where our interests coincide such as against radical Islam. Those interactions are not covered in the news as a general rule.
4. The POTUS [like each President before him] has knowledge we will never ever have a need to know in our lifetimes. Much of what is discussed between leaders is so highly classified ...
5. Intel assessments are generally too highly classified to be made public. I always chuckle when I read statements such as "intelligence agencies connected the hacking to the Russian government." That ostensible intel report summary was released by the previous administration after the election was potentially being lost.
6. Hackers exist in this nation and Russia and others. Hackers by nature are secretive and they seem to be very interested in hacking what should be hack-proof. Certainly "red teams" attempt to hack for various government agencies.
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SGT Gregory Lawritson - It wouldn't matter if they had documented evidence, signatures, photos, or tape recordings, you would find a way to discount it. Trump supporters don't believe it because they do not WANT to believe it, and there is no amount of evidence that will change their mind. It is not a sickness, it is just how cognitive bias works. Until there is some incentive to believe it, opposition will remain. (I bet you would have no problem believing it if it was about Obama or Hillary, and your standard of evidence would be dramatically lower - e.g. UraniumOne)