AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump dismisses speculation over CIA Director Ratcliffe's surprise Moscow visit
President Trump knocked down theories about CIA Director John Ratcliffe's four-hour trip to Moscow, calling it "semi-routine", but his comments pointed squarely at stalled Russia-Ukraine peace talks. Ratcliffe flew to the Russian capital on a U.S. military C-17A Globemaster III that departed Joint Base Andrews and stopped in Riga, Latvia, before continuing to Moscow's Vnukovo […] The post Trump dismisses speculation over CIA Director Ratcliffe's surprise Moscow visit appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump knocked down theories about CIA Director John Ratcliffe's four-hour trip to Moscow, calling it "semi-routine", but his comments pointed squarely at stalled Russia-Ukraine peace talks. Ratcliffe flew to the Russian capital on a U.S. military C-17A Globemaster III that departed Joint Base Andrews and stopped in Riga, Latvia, before continuing to Moscow's Vnukovo airport, Fox News reported . The massive transport plane, the largest aircraft in the U.S. fleet, was spotted by air traffic monitors and filmed by locals on the ground, blowing whatever secrecy the trip was meant to carry. It was the first known visit to Russia by a sitting CIA director since William Burns traveled there in November 2021 to warn Moscow against…Open