{"id":29765,"date":"2022-03-16T16:31:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=29765"},"modified":"2022-03-16T16:31:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:31:39","slug":"trump-news-today-ex-president-responds-to-ukraine-president-address-with-bizarre-claim-he-rebuilt-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/16\/trump-news-today-ex-president-responds-to-ukraine-president-address-with-bizarre-claim-he-rebuilt-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news today: Ex-president responds to Ukraine president address with bizarre claim he \u2018rebuilt Nato\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"sc-ekrjqK bqqrJL\">\n<div class=\"sc-bttaWv eUoIyR\">\n<p>Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd during a rally in South Carolina <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Donald Trump used the occasion of Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s virtual address to Congress to brag about his supposed rescue of the Nato alliance \u2013 this despite his history of derogatory remar<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee last night mounted a last-minute effort to stop the 6 January committee from accessing its email communications from the weeks after the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>In a late-night legal filing, the party committee claims that the subpoena seeking access to the emails in question \u201cwould give the Select Committee unprecedented access to the RNC&#8217;s internal political strategies and to private, personal information regarding its supporters\u201d. However, the party seems unlikely to succeed, as the company that handled and retains the emails, Salesforce, says it still intends to comply with the committee\u2019s subpoena.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-fKeRlk iFrHfH\">\n<aside class=\"sc-cTgIQV bmaByV js-key-points\">\n<h2>Key points<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<p><amp-live-list id=\"63727f4b-9742-4c52-ac71-f8d161b8e9b6\" data-max-items-per-page=\"10\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-container\" i-amphtml-layout=\"container\"><button class=\"sc-jpYekQ faIMGH\" update=\"\" on=\"tap:63727f4b-9742-4c52-ac71-f8d161b8e9b6.update\">Show latest update <span class=\"sc-dGXKLq cXsAaL\"><br \/>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M17.65 6.35C16.2 4.9 14.21 4 12 4c-4.42 0-7.99 3.58-7.99 8s3.57 8 7.99 8c3.73 0 6.84-2.55 7.73-6h-2.08c-.82 2.33-3.04 4-5.65 4-3.31 0-6-2.69-6-6s2.69-6 6-6c1.66 0 3.14.69 4.22 1.78L13 11h7V4l-2.35 2.35z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div items=\"\">\n<div data-sort-time=\"1647445427000\" data-update-time=\"1647445427000\" id=\"post-602993\" class=\"sc-fUyOpj lokOBw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/#post-602993\" class=\"sc-jtdnna kFFtcZ\" rel=\"noopener\"><amp-timeago layout=\"fixed-height\" height=\"20\" datetime=\"2022-03-16T16:10:13.000Z\" locale=\"en\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"height:20px;\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\">1647447013<\/amp-timeago><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-ftuxfO jbCpZS\">\n<h3 class=\"sc-dHxrtn eqtuYG\">Fracas at Fox News over Trump\u2019s relationship with Russia<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>Fox News\u2019s internal debate over the Russian attack on Ukraine is frequently playing out on air, with hosts openly disagreeing and even rowing over basic facts of why Vladimir Putin has launched the war and what it means.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>The latest contretemps erupted last night on evening show <em>The Five<\/em>, with Jeannine Pirro tearing into her co-host Geraldo Rivera after he questioned whether Putin had been \u201cplaying\u201d Trump while he was in office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t give a damn what Putin thinks,\u201d she replied, \u201cI only care what Putin did, and he was a wuss when Trump was president, and that\u2019s the end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-bEetH ksYZXl\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-eaUnpJ kZtYFT\">Andrew Naughtie<\/span><span class=\"sc-iZnKfu fNPUoT\">16 March 2022 16:10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-sort-time=\"1647444526000\" data-update-time=\"1647444526000\" id=\"post-602972\" class=\"sc-fUyOpj lokOBw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/#post-602972\" class=\"sc-jtdnna kFFtcZ\" rel=\"noopener\"><amp-timeago layout=\"fixed-height\" height=\"20\" datetime=\"2022-03-16T15:35:13.000Z\" locale=\"en\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"height:20px;\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\">1647444913<\/amp-timeago><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-ftuxfO jbCpZS\">\n<h3 class=\"sc-dHxrtn eqtuYG\">How Republicans are reacting to Zelensky speech<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>While Donald Trump focuses on bragging about his supposed defence of the Nato alliance, others in his party are responding to Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s congressional address with variously angry and sombre statements. And they are overwhelmingly taking the Ukrainian president\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>Alex Woodward has a roundup of their reactions:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-bEetH ksYZXl\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-eaUnpJ kZtYFT\">Andrew Naughtie<\/span><span class=\"sc-iZnKfu fNPUoT\">16 March 2022 15:35<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-sort-time=\"1647439145000\" data-update-time=\"1647439145000\" id=\"post-602842\" class=\"sc-fUyOpj lokOBw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/#post-602842\" class=\"sc-jtdnna kFFtcZ\" rel=\"noopener\"><amp-timeago layout=\"fixed-height\" height=\"20\" datetime=\"2022-03-16T15:00:15.000Z\" locale=\"en\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"height:20px;\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\">1647442815<\/amp-timeago><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-ftuxfO jbCpZS\">\n<h3 class=\"sc-dHxrtn eqtuYG\">Domestic terrorism: the incel threat<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>A new report from the Secret Service has found that so-called \u201cincels\u201d are a rising domestic terror threat in the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>Coming after several years of deadly attacks by men who identify with the online subculture of self-proclaimed \u201cinvoluntary celibates\u201d, the report warns that this form of \u201cmisogynistic extremism\u201d demands increased attention. In particular, the authors argue for more awareness of particular kinds of behaviour that can indicate increasing radicalisation, among them \u201cconcerning and threatening communications, an interest in violence, intense or escalating anger, blaming other people, bizarre or inappropriate behaviour and interpersonal difficulties\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-bEetH ksYZXl\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-eaUnpJ kZtYFT\">Andrew Naughtie<\/span><span class=\"sc-iZnKfu fNPUoT\">16 March 2022 15:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-sort-time=\"1647439479000\" data-update-time=\"1647439479000\" id=\"post-602849\" class=\"sc-fUyOpj lokOBw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/#post-602849\" class=\"sc-jtdnna kFFtcZ\" rel=\"noopener\"><amp-timeago layout=\"fixed-height\" height=\"20\" datetime=\"2022-03-16T14:30:15.000Z\" locale=\"en\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"height:20px;\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\">1647441015<\/amp-timeago><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-ftuxfO jbCpZS\">\n<h3 class=\"sc-dHxrtn eqtuYG\">ICYMI: Tucker Carlson promoted by Russian embassy feed<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>Tucker Carlson has lately begun insisting that he is not in fact a pro-Russian propagandist despite mounting criticism of his show, where he frequently repeats a Russia-friendly version of events in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>Regardless of his actual intentions, here\u2019s an example of the warm reception he\u2019s getting on the Russian side of the argument: an endorsement from the Russian embassy in Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-bEetH ksYZXl\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-eaUnpJ kZtYFT\">Andrew Naughtie<\/span><span class=\"sc-iZnKfu fNPUoT\">16 March 2022 14:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-sort-time=\"1647438059000\" data-update-time=\"1647438059000\" id=\"post-602828\" class=\"sc-fUyOpj lokOBw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/#post-602828\" class=\"sc-jtdnna kFFtcZ\" rel=\"noopener\"><amp-timeago layout=\"fixed-height\" height=\"20\" datetime=\"2022-03-16T14:00:51.000Z\" locale=\"en\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"height:20px;\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\">1647439251<\/amp-timeago><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-ftuxfO jbCpZS\">\n<h3 class=\"sc-dHxrtn eqtuYG\">After \u201cthug\u201d controversy, Madison Cawthorn arrives late for Zelensky speech<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>Far right Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn has been in hot water lately for calling Volodymyr Zelensky a \u201cthug\u201d, raising questions about whether or not he would attend the Ukrainian president\u2019s virtual address to Congress today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>In the end, he did show up \u2013 but only at the end of Mr Zelensky\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-bEetH ksYZXl\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-eaUnpJ kZtYFT\">Andrew Naughtie<\/span><span class=\"sc-iZnKfu fNPUoT\">16 March 2022 14:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-sort-time=\"1647437754000\" data-update-time=\"1647438352000\" id=\"post-602818\" class=\"sc-fUyOpj lokOBw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/#post-602818\" class=\"sc-jtdnna kFFtcZ\" rel=\"noopener\"><amp-timeago layout=\"fixed-height\" height=\"20\" datetime=\"2022-03-16T13:35:54.000Z\" locale=\"en\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"height:20px;\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\">1647437754<\/amp-timeago><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-ftuxfO jbCpZS\">\n<h3 class=\"sc-dHxrtn eqtuYG\">Trump reacts to Zelensky speech by defending himself on Nato<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky began his address to the US Congress, Donald Trump had this to say in a statement blasted out to his supporters&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"sc-qOoqx sc-kgwpUT czUeTn bfxrAp sc-hGVAJH cBzuut\"><span class=\"sc-gKdbTG kMhldY\"><br \/>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 80 47\"><path d=\"M21.1755 46.9861c9.3976 0 17.1853-7.724 17.1853-17.1216 0-9.4612-7.724-17.12-17.1216-17.12-9.4612 0-17.249 7.6588-17.249 17.12 0 3.7339 1.2882 7.4677 3.476 10.4914l-.129.129c-3.8613-4.1829-6.0507-9.9118-6.0507-16.0898 0-12.7445 10.3625-23.3012 23.107-23.3012 4.1845 0 8.1747 1.0302 11.5216 2.8963l.5796-.9649C32.9535 1.094 28.6417 0 24.3298 0 10.8768 0 0 10.8784 0 24.3951c0 14.0947 9.7192 22.591 21.1755 22.591m41.4727 0c9.3959 0 17.1836-7.724 17.1836-17.1216 0-9.4612-7.7224-17.12-17.12-17.12-9.4612 0-17.249 7.6588-17.249 17.12 0 3.7339 1.2866 7.4677 3.4743 10.4914l-.1273.129c-3.8629-4.1829-6.0506-9.9118-6.0506-16.0898 0-12.7445 10.3624-23.3012 23.107-23.3012 4.1828 0 8.173 1.0302 11.52 2.8963l.5795-.9649C74.4261 1.094 70.1143 0 65.8008 0 52.3494 0 41.471 10.8784 41.471 24.3951c0 14.0947 9.7192 22.591 21.1772 22.591\" fill=\"#ec1a2e\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p> People forget so quickly, with the help of the Fake News, that it was me that got the 20 out of 28 delinquent NATO countries to start paying the money that they owed in order to rebuild a floundering NATO. Nobody knew things would happen so rapidly, but NATO was poor and now it is rich, and all of the Fake News commentators that said Trump was tearing down NATO should be ashamed of themselves for telling lies. Not only was the United States being taken advantage of by the EU on trade, but it was forced to pay the costs of the many delinquent NATO countries. Bush and Obama did nothing but make speeches and talk\u2014I acted, and acted strongly. I said to them, \u201cif you don\u2019t pay up, no protection.\u201d They all paid up, and paid up quickly. It\u2019s a story that\u2019s never reported, but that\u2019s only because we have a corrupt press in our Country! <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that he has previously described Nato as \u201cobsolete\u201d and is widely claimed to have considered pulling the US out of the alliance altogether.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-bEetH ksYZXl\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-eaUnpJ kZtYFT\">Andrew Naughtie<\/span><span class=\"sc-iZnKfu fNPUoT\">16 March 2022 13:35<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-sort-time=\"1647436308000\" data-update-time=\"1647436308000\" id=\"post-602773\" class=\"sc-fUyOpj lokOBw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/#post-602773\" class=\"sc-jtdnna kFFtcZ\" rel=\"noopener\"><amp-timeago layout=\"fixed-height\" height=\"20\" datetime=\"2022-03-16T13:11:48.000Z\" locale=\"en\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"height:20px;\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\">1647436308<\/amp-timeago><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-ftuxfO jbCpZS\">\n<h3 class=\"sc-dHxrtn eqtuYG\">Analysis: Why Putin has the support of the American far right<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>While much of the mainstream Republican Party has taken a strong anti-Russian line as the assault on Ukraine continues, more than a few of the right\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/tucker-carlson-fox-news-putin-russia-b2036335.html\" rel=\"noopener\">top opinionmakers<\/a> are going the other way \u2013 as are many on the more extreme end of the spectrum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p><em>The Independent<\/em>\u2019s Holly Baxter has this analysis of why so many on the far right are sympathetic to a Russian version of events, even as many of them are keen to distance themselves from allegations of being essentially Russian propagandists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"sc-qOoqx sc-kgwpUT czUeTn bfxrAp sc-hGVAJH cBzuut\"><span class=\"sc-gKdbTG kMhldY\"><br \/>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 80 47\"><path d=\"M21.1755 46.9861c9.3976 0 17.1853-7.724 17.1853-17.1216 0-9.4612-7.724-17.12-17.1216-17.12-9.4612 0-17.249 7.6588-17.249 17.12 0 3.7339 1.2882 7.4677 3.476 10.4914l-.129.129c-3.8613-4.1829-6.0507-9.9118-6.0507-16.0898 0-12.7445 10.3625-23.3012 23.107-23.3012 4.1845 0 8.1747 1.0302 11.5216 2.8963l.5796-.9649C32.9535 1.094 28.6417 0 24.3298 0 10.8768 0 0 10.8784 0 24.3951c0 14.0947 9.7192 22.591 21.1755 22.591m41.4727 0c9.3959 0 17.1836-7.724 17.1836-17.1216 0-9.4612-7.7224-17.12-17.12-17.12-9.4612 0-17.249 7.6588-17.249 17.12 0 3.7339 1.2866 7.4677 3.4743 10.4914l-.1273.129c-3.8629-4.1829-6.0506-9.9118-6.0506-16.0898 0-12.7445 10.3624-23.3012 23.107-23.3012 4.1828 0 8.173 1.0302 11.52 2.8963l.5795-.9649C74.4261 1.094 70.1143 0 65.8008 0 52.3494 0 41.471 10.8784 41.471 24.3951c0 14.0947 9.7192 22.591 21.1772 22.591\" fill=\"#ec1a2e\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Trump and other hardliners, however, aren\u2019t changing. Neither are their media cheerleaders like Fox News\u2019 Tucker Carlson, who was the subject of a leaked Russian memo a few days ago which encouraged Russian state media to keep featuring clips of the far-right commentator.<\/p>\n<p>Fundamentally, it seems Trump, Putin and people like [Marjorie] Taylor Greene see themselves as involved in an international war against a globalist conspiracy. This isn\u2019t a real war, the likes of which everyone (except Russians) can see on their TV screens and social media, with bombs landing on maternity hospitals in Ukraine and tanks lining up outside Kyiv. Instead, it is a secret conspiracy being supposedly fought daily by \u201cpatriots\u201d against liberals and socialists. It transcends national identity. It is no longer about America the great, even though it is about \u201cAmerica First\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-bEetH ksYZXl\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-eaUnpJ kZtYFT\">Andrew Naughtie<\/span><span class=\"sc-iZnKfu fNPUoT\">16 March 2022 13:11<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-sort-time=\"1647430689000\" data-update-time=\"1647432067000\" id=\"post-602685\" class=\"sc-fUyOpj lokOBw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/#post-602685\" class=\"sc-jtdnna kFFtcZ\" rel=\"noopener\"><amp-timeago layout=\"fixed-height\" height=\"20\" datetime=\"2022-03-16T12:36:51.000Z\" locale=\"en\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"height:20px;\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\">1647434211<\/amp-timeago><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-ftuxfO jbCpZS\">\n<h3 class=\"sc-dHxrtn eqtuYG\">Former staffer turned critic: Russia played Trump<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>Miles Taylor, the former homeland security staffer who has become an in-demand Trump-critical pundit, gives his assessment of how the current crisis in eastern Europe might look if it Donald Trump, not Joe Biden, were charged with handling it&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-bEetH ksYZXl\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-eaUnpJ kZtYFT\">Andrew Naughtie<\/span><span class=\"sc-iZnKfu fNPUoT\">16 March 2022 12:36<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-sort-time=\"1647432052000\" data-update-time=\"1647432052000\" id=\"post-602700\" class=\"sc-fUyOpj lokOBw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/#post-602700\" class=\"sc-jtdnna kFFtcZ\" rel=\"noopener\"><amp-timeago layout=\"fixed-height\" height=\"20\" datetime=\"2022-03-16T12:02:51.000Z\" locale=\"en\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"height:20px;\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\">1647432171<\/amp-timeago><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-ftuxfO jbCpZS\">\n<h3 class=\"sc-dHxrtn eqtuYG\">GOP fights against Jan 6 panel\u2019s subpoena for emails<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>The Republican National Committee went to court last night in a desperate attempt to stop the 6 January select committee from obtaining emails sent during the aftermath of the 2020 election. Explaining the subpoena, a panel spokesman said it was intended \u201cto help investigators understand the impact of false, inflammatory messages in the weeks before January 6th, the flow of funds, and whether contributions were actually directed to the purpose indicated. This action has absolutely nothing to do with getting the private information of voters or donors\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>The company holding the emails, Salesforce, reportedly still intends to hand the data over despite the party\u2019s objections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p>CNN\u2019s Katelyn Polantz reports:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-bEetH ksYZXl\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-eaUnpJ kZtYFT\">Andrew Naughtie<\/span><span class=\"sc-iZnKfu fNPUoT\">16 March 2022 12:02<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-sort-time=\"1647430483000\" data-update-time=\"1647430518000\" id=\"post-602684\" class=\"sc-fUyOpj lokOBw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/#post-602684\" class=\"sc-jtdnna kFFtcZ\" rel=\"noopener\"><amp-timeago layout=\"fixed-height\" height=\"20\" datetime=\"2022-03-16T11:34:43.000Z\" locale=\"en\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"height:20px;\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\">1647430483<\/amp-timeago><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-ftuxfO jbCpZS\">\n<h3 class=\"sc-dHxrtn eqtuYG\">Explainer: How the Ukraine \u201cbiolabs\u201d conspiracy theory got a foothold on the right<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hIzrik joMTtT\">\n<p><em>The Independent<\/em>\u2019s Andrew Buncombe takes a look at how a fringe theory pushed by the Kremlin has become a top talking point in certain corners of the far-right commentariat, including for Fox News\u2019s Tucker Carlson \u2013 this even as Russia and its assault on Ukraine prove extraordinarily unpopular among the American public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-bEetH ksYZXl\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-eaUnpJ kZtYFT\">Andrew Naughtie<\/span><span class=\"sc-iZnKfu fNPUoT\">16 March 2022 11:34<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-live-list><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-news-today-putin-biden-sanctions-b2036798.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd during a rally in South&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29767,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29765\/revisions\/29767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}