Donald Trump, a man who once boasted having “the world's greatest memory,” has suddenly forgotten the role that was to be played by a controversial businessman he named to help guide his foreign policy.
After Yahoo News reported Friday that senior U.S. intelligence officials were investigating whether the advisor, Carter Page, held secret meetings with senior Russian officials in Moscow over the summer, Trump’s campaign promptly disavowed him.
“He has no role,” said Steven Cheung, the campaign’s director of rapid response, when ABC News asked about the report. “We are not aware of any of his activities, past or present.”
Back in March, in a recorded meeting with The Washington Post editorial board, Trump named Page as one of five members of his foreign policy team. Page, a former energy executive in Russia, described himself an expert on the Caspian Sea region and economic development in former Soviet states.
In July he was spotted at a Moscow law school giving a speech, and Yahoo News reported Friday that during the same trip, Page may have also held private meetings with senior Russian officials. Page could not be reached Friday for comment for this report.
It is just the latest test of Trump’s memory concerning his ties to Russia.
Trump told ABC News' "This Week" in July he has "no relationship to Russia whatsoever," though he would "probably" sell Russians condos "on occasion." The same month he tweeted, “For the record, I have ZERO investments in Russia.”
But an ABC News investigation found Trump has numerous connections to Russian interests both in the U.S. and abroad.
Sergei Millian, who has for years identified himself in interviews and on promotional material as an agent for the Trump Organization in Russia, said, “The level of business amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars -- what he received as a result of interaction with Russian businessmen.”
Trump Suffers Another Bout of Russian Amnesia
Not only does Trump have relations with top Russians, but then he turns around and lies about it, even though he is quoted as saying the opposite and facts speak the truth.
People do realize that Russia would like very much for the US to fail and go away. Russia is not our friend.
After Yahoo News reported Friday that senior U.S. intelligence officials were investigating whether the advisor, Carter Page, held secret meetings with senior Russian officials in Moscow over the summer, Trump’s campaign promptly disavowed him.
“He has no role,” said Steven Cheung, the campaign’s director of rapid response, when ABC News asked about the report. “We are not aware of any of his activities, past or present.”
Back in March, in a recorded meeting with The Washington Post editorial board, Trump named Page as one of five members of his foreign policy team. Page, a former energy executive in Russia, described himself an expert on the Caspian Sea region and economic development in former Soviet states.
In July he was spotted at a Moscow law school giving a speech, and Yahoo News reported Friday that during the same trip, Page may have also held private meetings with senior Russian officials. Page could not be reached Friday for comment for this report.
It is just the latest test of Trump’s memory concerning his ties to Russia.
Trump told ABC News' "This Week" in July he has "no relationship to Russia whatsoever," though he would "probably" sell Russians condos "on occasion." The same month he tweeted, “For the record, I have ZERO investments in Russia.”
But an ABC News investigation found Trump has numerous connections to Russian interests both in the U.S. and abroad.
Sergei Millian, who has for years identified himself in interviews and on promotional material as an agent for the Trump Organization in Russia, said, “The level of business amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars -- what he received as a result of interaction with Russian businessmen.”
Trump Suffers Another Bout of Russian Amnesia
Not only does Trump have relations with top Russians, but then he turns around and lies about it, even though he is quoted as saying the opposite and facts speak the truth.
People do realize that Russia would like very much for the US to fail and go away. Russia is not our friend.
