Why is Trump so silent on French election hacking?

Not to get in the way of a runaway bus of Trumpophobia, but a few thoughts:

  1. Turns out the contents of the Macron hack were crap and the timing was definitely strategic. See analysis here https://medium.com/@thegrugq/a-list-minute-influence-op-by-data-ddos-3698906d8836
  2. What could POTUS say? I’m fairly sure that any public commend during the 48 hour pre-election period would very much look like the US trying to interfere with or influence the French election. After the fact, when it is known that the contents of the hack were in fact bullshit, again what is there to say?
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