| A secret CIA report concludes that Russia helped Reagan's GOP successor win the election. Does the English language have a word for when something's ironic, hilarious and horrifying all at once? After hearing the report, Trump mocked America' s intelligence-gathering agencies in a hasty, ill-advised tweet ... wait, sorry! It wasn't a tweet, it was actually a carefully drafted press statement mocking America's intelligence-gathering agencies. This should be the start of a wonderful relationship between the White House and Foggy Bottom. |
| Wonder Woman's general election strategy was still questionable, though |
| Grant fought the KKK, Eisenhower took down the Nazis and Reagan stared down the "Evil Empire ." And in 2016, all three Republican archenemies got together to back Donald Trump. This is basically the Legion of Doom getting together to help Batman become president of the Super Friends. Batman might do his best to disavow the support, but it's still weird, right? |
| Last week, the Washington Post reported on a confidential CIA report that concluded Russia worked to get Trump elected in November. "Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, according to U.S. officials," the Post reported, based on unnamed sources who were "briefed on the matter." And it's not just the CIA -- 16 intelligence agencies and three private firms all point the finger at the Russian government. |
| Trump fired back with a statement: "These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction ... The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history (FactCheck: nope ). It's now time to move on and 'Make America Great Again.'" This weekend on Fox News Sunday, Trump reiterated the sentiment. "I think it's just another excuse ... Every week it's another excuse." |
| In other words: I won the election fair and square without Russian intervention, and Aquaman is terrible at his job. |
| You've never heard of the new secretary of State front-runner, but Putin has |
| Rumor is that Trump is close to naming another corporate exec to the cabinet: ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson . In the Fox News Sunday interview, Trump didn't call Tillerson his pick, but still had high praise for him. "To me a big advantage is that he knows many the players, and he knows them well. He does massive deals in Russia. He does massive deals -- not for himself, but for the company." How well does he know the players? Vladimir Putin awarded him the Order of Friendship, the top Russian honor for a foreign citizen, in 2013. So there's that. |
| John McCain isn't a fan. "I have obviously concerns of reports of his relationship with Vladimir Putin, who is a thug and a murderer," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told CNN. "We will have hearings on that issue and other issues concerning him will be examined. That's the time to make up your mind as to whether to vote yes or no." |
| Marco Rubio sounds like he's not a sure "yes" vote during the confirmation hearings, either. |
| More news from the transition |
| • | It's not like all our rivals are gone, though. For instance, there's always China (USA TODAY) | | • | Democrats, independents say Trump's focus should remain on keeping jobs in the U.S. (CNBC) | | • | A bunch of people who didn't support Trump will go ask him for favors this week (USA TODAY Tech) | | • | Boeing wants to sell $16 billion in aircraft to Iran. Trump is not a fan of Boeing, or Iran for that matter (USA TODAY Money) | | • | Biden in 2020, because he's said it twice now (USA TODAY OnPolitics) | | • | Iowa Democrats consider removing the caucuses' 'arguing with strangers for hours' requirement (The Des Moines Register) | | • | Arizona senator's bill would tie 'DREAMer' extension to immigration enforcement (Arizona Republic) | | • | Nevada senator hopes Trump won't want to irradiate guests at his Las Vegas hotel (Reno Gazette-Journal) | | • | Jill Stein will get a refund from Michigan since the recount stopped. Store credit only, probably (Detroit Free Press) | | • | How to craft a running gag for an awards show. Step One: Assault your Trump-supporting cabbie (Entertain This!) | |
| 'I know he's watching ...' |
| Donald Trump and NBC's Saturday Night Live -- they're like that couple at the holiday party that get drunk and start complaining about each other ... not directly to each other, but kind of in that passive-aggressive "we're within earshot but pretending not to notice each other" sort of way, and you're like, "hey, this is super awkward, you know we can all hear everything, right?" and you wonder why they won't just break up -- but of course, it's complicated. |
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