Trump was not informed of a recent Ukrainian attack on Russia, The Hill’s sister network NewsNation confirmed Sunday.

According to NewsNation’s Tanya Noury, an administration official said the president was not given a heads-up about the drone attack that a Ukrainian security official alleged destroyed more than 40 planes well within Russian territory, according to The Associated Press.

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    16 days ago

    It seems Donald is beginning to learn that he can’t sustainably approach foreign policy and diplomacy as if he’s ordering up a Big Mac.

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        I think the facts demonstrate otherwise. It’s more accurate to say he’s not learning much, and I think that someone like Donald, who has to be the center of international attention, is going to notice when the other national players start leaving him out of the loop.

        That Donald reacted to the bond markets panicking in the face of his tariffs demonstrates that someone inside that Administration has the ability to get him to see reason. It’s a bummer that they don’t bend his ear more often.

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          Like other successful fascists, his skill is having his finger on the pulse of his supportive factions. The capitalists are less to him important than the rabid foot soldiers, but he still doesn’t want them to see him as weak.

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    Honestly this attack was so insane I don’t know how Russia could have done anything about it, even if Trump leaked it at the final hour.

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      Whoa, you weren’t kidding. I just read the news and saw they damaged 40 planes, damn!

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      It was being prepared for 1.5 years, from what I’ve heard, so there was a lot to moving parts that could have been screwed up if the information was leaked. At the final hour - maybe not much could have been done to prevent it, but it would have been significantly harder to extract Ukrainian operatives who were involved within Russia.

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      16 days ago

      No, nobody is trying when it comes to donald. He’s on his own and can’t be trusted with any information. He can find out from faux news

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    Not informed as in nobody gave him the information or not informed as in he was given a report but didn’t read it?

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    If Trump expects to be informed of Ukrainian intentions, they should exploit his hubris - use him to spread disinformation and divert Russian attention away from true targets.