Trump: ‘I think the Washington Post is a Russian asset’

Published July 30, 2019 3:27pm ET



President Trump declared that the Washington Post is more of a “Russian asset” than Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell while speaking to reporters on Tuesday.

Trump’s comments come after McConnell faced backlash for stopping two Democratic election reform bills last week. In response, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank argued that McConnell “is a Russian asset.”

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