It is not a big deal and also it is the media's fault, oh wait, no actually it's China's fault, and therefore also a big deal, and also something something something therefore I won the election.

— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) December 19, 2020

Trump has been pressuring associates to downplay the Russian hack on television, calling it a “hoax” behind closed doors. Latest not so greatest with @SangerNYT https://t.co/HdUwYnnfD8

— Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) December 20, 2020

It’s so depressing a chunk of people wanted four more years of this lunacy. https://t.co/L3m8OQQMiG

— Wes Ball (@wesball) December 19, 2020

Dear @realDonaldTrump: Can you please stop lying? We still don’t know the full scale of the damage, and neither do you. But we do know your own @SecPompeo said Russia was behind this massive Cyber Hack.

Why do you always bend the knee in front of Putin? What is wrong with you? https://t.co/kGFYICMOfB

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 19, 2020

Putin is attacking our country from the outside, and Trump is doing it from the inside.

Hand in hand.

What could be more urgent? https://t.co/MKTz8E6cDF

— Debra Messing✍? (@DebraMessing) December 20, 2020

....discussing the possibility that it may be China (it may!). There could also have been a hit on our ridiculous voting machines during the election, which is now obvious that I won big, making it an even more corrupted embarrassment for the USA. @DNI_Ratcliffe @SecPompeo

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- At least 200 organizations, including government agencies and companies around the world, have been hacked as part of a suspected Russian cyber-attack that implanted malicious code in a widely used software program .. https://t.co/sBsX5ZtrSv

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) December 19, 2020

It is completely depraved for President Trump to just now crawl out of his shell to downplay the cyberattack on Fed networks and continue his disinformation campaign. He was silent as Federal agencies spent the last week scrambling to assess the damage.https://t.co/CRWx2SCGqX

— House Homeland Security Committee (@HomelandDems) December 19, 2020

The president has been telling associates that the Russia hack is a “hoax.” Been trying to confirm this a.m and then he just...tweeted it out... https://t.co/MZrel81bP8

— Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) December 19, 2020

There is absolutely no way anyone can be sure any of this is “well under control.” They’re either lying to him or he’s lying. https://t.co/e0plh9uP2E

— Julian Sanchez (@normative) December 19, 2020

Trump breaks his silence on the cyber attack by:
- Downplaying its severity
- Contradicting his own officials by suggesting it may have been China instead of Russia
- Connecting it to his voter fraud conspiracy theories pic.twitter.com/0l79HJsHEf

— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) December 19, 2020

Do not conflate voting system security and SolarWinds. The proof is in the paper. You can audit or recount again to confirm the outcome. Like they did in Georgia. And Michigan. And Wisconsin. And Arizona. Can't hack paper.

— Chris Krebs (@C_C_Krebs) December 19, 2020

Hours after Mike Pompeo told a conservative radio host that “we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians” behind the vast hack of the federal government and U.S. industry, President Trump contradicted him and sought to muddy intelligence findings https://t.co/chezC0InHM

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) December 19, 2020

The Acting Chairman of Senate Intelligence @marcorubio also attributes the massive hacking of the US government & private industry to Russian intelligence. https://t.co/5lRuyZFppM

— Margaret Brennan (@margbrennan) December 19, 2020

45 says all the experts (including his) are wrong: SolarWinds hack is hot air, no big deal. China -- not Russia -- may be responsible. In same breath, says hack could have affected the election. pic.twitter.com/lvjYARhGfw

— briankrebs (@briankrebs) December 19, 2020

Another day, another scandalous betrayal of our national security by this president.

Another dishonest tweet that sounds like it could have been written in the Kremlin.

Another obsequious display towards Putin.

And yet another reason that Trump can’t leave office fast enough. https://t.co/ILNh3KnfbT

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) December 19, 2020

New: WH officials were preparing to release a statement Friday assigning blame on Russia for recent massive cyberattack but were told to stand down, according to people familiar with plans. @Kevinliptakcnn reporting

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 19, 2020

"Privately, the president has called the hack a 'hoax' and pressured associates to downplay its significance and push alternate theories for who is responsible, two people familiar with the exchanges said."https://t.co/xW8R9jGNL7

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 20, 2020

i was too busy unpacking this to notice his use of “The Cyber Hack”

/me jots notes in the tshirt ideas book https://t.co/dl6zEHAFIw

— cje (@caseyjohnellis) December 20, 2020

I like the new Twitter notice. https://t.co/RCTr4GfnV9

— Osaretin Victor Asemota (@asemota) December 19, 2020

As his national security officials gather facts on this cyberattack, President Trump is spending ever-greater amounts of time discussing conspiracy theories with allies including Sidney Powell. https://t.co/QhodYO5lrB

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) December 19, 2020

Now the president is not just silent on Russia and the hack. He is deliberately running defense for the Kremlin by contradicting his own Secretary of State on Russian responsibility. https://t.co/GYqxD1ZNZC

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 19, 2020

This is gross national security malpractice. https://t.co/di2YSZV4XK

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 20, 2020

Who could have possibly guessed that in his first comment on the massive cyberattack that Trump would attack the media and play down blame on Russia? https://t.co/fiH5AlS3Kb

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 19, 2020

The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality. I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control. Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2020

The number of actual hacking victims has been one of many unanswered questions surrounding the cyber-attack...https://t.co/NpL9siB47a

— Hindustan Times Tech (@HTTech) December 20, 2020

It guess “it also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds” https://t.co/jFwYY2yivX

— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) December 19, 2020

Keeping his record of protecting/defending Putin in all circumstances intact. https://t.co/VObC4NT4Ws

— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) December 19, 2020

Sources briefed on the intelligence say the cyberattack was unequivocally Russia. Bottom line: Pompeo described reality and the president is attacking him for it. https://t.co/QhodYO5lrB

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) December 19, 2020

Voting machines aren’t connected to the internet. Your own Secretary of State says it was Russia. It is so weird that you can’t bring yourself to say anything bad about Putin or Russia. https://t.co/LYs2N9KuPj

— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) December 19, 2020

Trump addresses the hack personally for the first time, says he’s been briefed on the incident. https://t.co/RTOmKRcApc

— Brian Fung (@b_fung) December 19, 2020

“A gap is widening between the POTUS and his SecState on this urgent matter of national security. @SecPompeo faces a choice in the coming days — whether to continue to tell the truth about the hack & whether begin to admit reality about the election.” https://t.co/W574VMZYoP

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) December 19, 2020

Nearly all of government is on a war footing, demanding severe consequences for all-but-certain Russian hack — except Trump who provides cover for Russia and connects it to false claim of election hacking. pic.twitter.com/PuLlHR4oMZ

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 19, 2020

Trump is a clear & present danger to national security in his closing weeks. Moving to veto the NDAA—which has strong cyber tools—& belittling a cataclysmic Russian cyberattack is terrifyingly destructive & delusional. January 20th can’t come soon enough. https://t.co/JjzIepAJUV

— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) December 20, 2020

There's nothing you can say that would make me believe Trump is not in on something with Russiahttps://t.co/hg7gnV9nDH

— Kittiekat (@Kittiek32516793) December 19, 2020

Donald, just pack your shit and don't let Jared steal the lightbulbs. https://t.co/QMeL2nNYZx

— Robert Young Pelton (@RYP__) December 19, 2020

Trump contradicts Pompeo, plays down alleged Russian role in hack https://t.co/hjdxd2vhyd@realDonaldTrump #trumpthebuffoon

LOCK HIM UP! pic.twitter.com/EbT8szDq2w

— WQJackson (@wqjackson) December 19, 2020

We’re witnessing the criticality of having well staffed, well coordinated, and highly experienced cyber security and technical talent in the government.

— Aaron Levie (@levie) December 19, 2020

Trump is such a predictable puppet. If Pompeo says Russia did it again Trump will fire him too. US national security has never been weaker than under Trump and it will take decades to fully repair the damage. With all the hacks Russia owns our security.https://t.co/qw8sDZQbWb

— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) December 19, 2020

Anyone still think that Trump isn’t tethered to the GRU? Someone in Moscow just pressed the button on his remote ball squeezer.https://t.co/b2XwfW6LAf

— The Eye of Horus (@TheeEyeOfHorus) December 19, 2020

Trump contradicts Pompeo, plays down alleged Russian role in cyberattack https://t.co/zm92JBFMlX

— CNBC (@CNBC) December 19, 2020

CAN WE ARREST HIM YET

Trump contradicts Pompeo, plays down alleged Russian role in hack https://t.co/9IGzvhaIWX

— Justice4all (@JamesLindholm1) December 19, 2020

Collusion in 2016 aside, there is enough evidence now that Trump has carried Putin's water that it needs to be fully investigated by the DOJ. Trump Contradicts Pompeo Over Russia’s Role in Hack https://t.co/Lz2lqFBZFK

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) December 20, 2020

This is a terrible breach. Any public retaliation will not be in direct response but we be necessary push back for years of Russian malign activity against the US and its allies. We’ve mishandled Putin for over a decade. He’s now clearly shown his stripes. https://t.co/BmOm3lbY51

— John Sipher (@john_sipher) December 20, 2020

#BREAKING:So A FEW HOURS after @SecPompeo pins the blame for the massive #cyberattack SQUARELY on #Russia, #Trump contradicts him saying it's #China? Folks, at what point does one issue a RESIGNATION letter? #TheResistance #SaturdayThoughts #Pompeohttps://t.co/XhJB7nl2TJ

— Emoluments Clause (@Emolclause) December 19, 2020

Trump Still Acts Very Much Like Putin's Puppet

NYT >> "Privately, the president has called the hack a 'hoax' & pressured associates to downplay its significance & push alternate theories for who is responsible, two people familiar with the exchanges said"https://t.co/AeCAqo9ZM1

— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) December 20, 2020

Normal stuff https://t.co/02OGik0xMM https://t.co/pznD5GzgB4 pic.twitter.com/w5UeVQzSmo

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) December 20, 2020

The president's unsubstantiated tweets directly contradict Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who said yesterday the massive SolarWinds cyberattack is “very significant” and that Russians are “pretty clearly” behind it.

Read more about Pompeo's comments: https://t.co/Pbkz2wMtS6 https://t.co/91wAD3NVoE

— NPR (@NPR) December 19, 2020

In a joint statement on Thursday, the two highest-ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the attack "has the hallmarks of a Russian intelligence operation." https://t.co/6VGRgxoZeI

— NPR (@NPR) December 19, 2020

Mike Pompeo's comment that Russia was "pretty clearly" behind the SolarWinds hack marks the farthest the Trump administration has been willing to go in publicly attributing the hack to Russia.

The president himself hasn't mentioned the suspected attack. https://t.co/qRa9RYJxx0

— NPR (@NPR) December 19, 2020

I wanna know what Putin’s got on you, not about bs election fraud. The 2020 election has already be certified...YOU LOST! #RussianCyberAttack #YouLost #ByeDon #WorstPresidentInUSHistory https://t.co/SGSn4lF9ly pic.twitter.com/996cbD3SkL

— ??✌?Zelda-Y’all means ALL?? (@IamZelda93) December 20, 2020

Pompeo's comments represent the farthest the Trump administration has been willing to go so far in publicly attributing the hack to Russia.https://t.co/0msnZIBHiP

— The Grey Man (@IntelOperator) December 19, 2020

The Trump admin should align on the lies first, then have press conferences. This doesn't mean I would believe any thing coming out of this admin, but the US would look less stupid in the eyes of international community. https://t.co/fashhcZn4g

— Dr. Sam S ?? ????? (@SamPhDEng) December 19, 2020

I’ve reread this multiple times. And I’m still stunned.
“Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, said Thursday that government agencies are approaching Microsoft — not the national security establishment — to understand the extent of the Russian breach.”https://t.co/i9PppuXQiJ

— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) December 21, 2020

There will be no response to #Putin / #Russia from #Trump about hacks, attacks or anything else. Financial debt, pee pee tapes and other kompromat make that impossible... https://t.co/rnyCNtSTA8

— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) December 21, 2020

Pompeo Says Russia 'Pretty Clearly' Behind SolarWinds Cyberattack. https://t.co/OvNtHPQCP9

— DerrickNijelGibson (@derricknijel) December 20, 2020