Moscow allegedly wants Donald Trump as the next president, while Tehran is seeking to prevent this, intelligence officials have claimed
US adversaries are working at cross-purposes trying to influence elections in the country, with Russia and Iran hoping for different outcomes in the presidential race, an unnamed official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) claimed on Monday.
The source named China, Russia, Cuba, and Iran as the parties “targeting House and Senate races around the country” as well as the presidential election in November. Smaller nations “may be trying their own influence operations,” the ODNI alleged, as reported by the Associated Press.
China’s “influence operations” are allegedly targeting candidates from both main parties, while Beijing remains neutral on the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Russia supports Trump due to his supposedly favorable…