Why Russia Is Rooting for Both Trump and Sanders

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U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that the Russian government is attempting to interfere in the 2020 presidential race — but it is doing so by supporting two very different candidates. So why is Russia rooting for both President Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders? Guest: David E. Sanger (https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-e-sanger?smid=pc-thedaily), a national security correspondent and a senior writer at The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

Background reading:


Mr. Sanders was briefed on potential interference, and when details of the attempts emerged, he ratcheted up his attacks on Russia (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/us/politics/bernie-sanders-russia.html?smid=pc-thedaily), warning President Vladimir V. Putin to stay out of the presidential election.
Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/us/politics/russian-interference-trump-democrats.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR1svOWR8ocLSQp3hdv53AXfmz1YkvDsQypIXJx0c eaLFLLviJZNYz01Ang?smid=pc-thedaily) last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get the president re-elected. Mr. Trump was angry (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/politics/trump-schiff-russia.html?smid=pc-thedaily) the intelligence briefing was held at all.
What exactly do intelligence officials mean by “interference”? We don’t know, and officials can’t seem to agree (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/23/us/politics/russia-2020-election-interference.html?smid=pc-thedaily) on the scope of the meddling.


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