Speaking on MSNBC’s Morning Joe as part of a book tour, Hayden, a retired Air Force four-star general who also ran the National Security Agency, said Russians fueled the distrust over the military training exercise in an attempt to influence the American public. <\/p>\n
“There was an exercise in Texas called Jade Helm 15 that Russian bots and the American alt-right media convinced most \u2014 many \u2014 Texans was an Obama plan to round up political dissidents,” Hayden said… Hayden said the Russians have continued to use that strategy, notably on other topics such as NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem and coverage of a meeting at Trump Tower between Donald Trump Jr.; former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort; the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner; and several Russians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, well, some of us have been inoculated against foreign bots and refuse to be sucked in. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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