‘It’s not us. We get it.’ What Putin WHISPERED in phone call with Trump

Russian President Vladimir Putin played to President Donald Trump’s insecurities and ego, whispering to him about a deep state trying to hurt their relationship, it was revealed in a new book. 

‘It’s not us. We get it,’ Putin would tell Trump, White House aides told Washington Post reporter Greg Miller for his upcoming book ‘The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy.’ 

‘It’s the subordinates fighting against our friendship,’ he’d say, stroking Trump’s fears that a ‘deep state’ within the government was working against his presidency.

Russian President Vladimir Putin played to President Donald Trump’s insecurities and ego, a new book reports

‘It’s not us. We get it,’ Putin would tell President Trump, stroking his fears of a ‘deep state’

President Trump talks with President Putin at the opening of the G20 summit on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany

Trump has expressed administration for Putin and famously sided with him in a July press conference in Helsinki. 

The president also has railed against a ‘deep state’ on multiple occasions and in several Twitter rants.

And Putin would play off that in their conversations, using his training as an intelligence operative to manipulate Trump, according to ‘The Apprentice,’ which is being published on Oct 2 and examines Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.

The book based on hundreds of interviews with Trump’s inner circle, current and former government officials, individuals with ties to the White House, members of the intelligence communities, and foreign officials, according to an excerpt that ran in The Washington Post.

Miller makes assertions similar to those made by Bob Woodward in ‘Fear’ and Michael Wolff in ‘Fire and Fury’ – that Trump’s White House was chaotic, dysfunctional, and consumed with factions warring against one another.

But it also reports on how U.S. intelligence officials warned of what Russia was doing in the lead-up to Trump’s election. 

The book describes how in August 2016, CIA Director John Brennan called White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and said: ‘I need to get in to see the president.’

He wanted to show then President Barack Obama that intelligence findings had emerged in late July from deep inside the Kremlin, demonstrating that Putin himself was directing an ‘active measures’ operation aimed at electing Trump.  

The book describes a ‘Russia House’ – an internal office in the CIA focused on all things related to Moscow – that found evidence of Moscow meddling.

Trump, himself, was briefed on intelligence findings by Brennan and other intelligence officials who met with the then-president-elect at Trump Tower in the days leading up to inauguration.

Brennan quit as CIA director with Trump’s inauguration, following the common practice of political appointees resigning so new president’s can hire their own people. 

He then became one of Trump’s harshest critics. 

The president removed Brennan’s security clearance in August after the former CIA chief accused him of ‘treason’ in the wake of his disastrous press conference with Putin in Helsinki, when Trump agreed with his Russian counterpart’s assertion Moscow didn’t interfere in the 2016 contest, after intelligence agencies concluded it did.

Brennan tweeted: ‘Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of ‘high crimes & misdemeanors.’ It was nothing short of treasonous. Not only were Trump’s comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where are you???’

Trump and Putin at their July meeting in Helsinki

Trump has often railed against a ‘deep state’ working against him

Putin warned Trump of ‘subordinates’ who are ‘fighting against our friendship’

At the now-infamous press conference, Trump was asked if he believed his Russian counterpart or his intelligence chiefs about the interference allegations.

‘I don’t see any reason why it would be’ Russia, the president said.

‘I have great confidence in my intelligence people,’ he added, ‘but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. And what he did is an incredible offer. He offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people. I think that’s an incredible offer.’

The president later clarified his remarks to say he did believe intelligence assessments that Russia meddled in the 2016 contest. 

 

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