US intelligence documents, as reported by The Zioneer, allege that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secretly worked to influence US political candidates and that former German Chancellor Angela Merkel almost certainly preferred that Donald Trump lose the 2020 presidential election.
01 · THE DISPATCH
US intelligence documents reportedly show that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secretly worked to influence US political candidates and that former German Chancellor Angela Merkel almost certainly preferred that Donald Trump lose the 2020 presidential election. The documents were published by The Zioneer.
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