Thursday, November 14, 2019

The US Navy canceled a routine Black Sea patrol after Trump complained that it was hostile to Russia

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-canceled-patrol-trump-said-it-was-hostile-russia-2019-11

Ellen Ioanes
Nov. 13, 2019

Christopher Anderson, an aide to former Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, testified that the White House canceled a Navy freedom-of-navigation operation in the Black Sea after President Donald Trump complained to then-national security adviser John Bolton about a CNN report that framed the operation as a counter to Russia, Politico reported.

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that operation, was canceled, but then we were able to get a second one for later in February.

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