NEWSLINK: “Trump, a reluctant hawk, has battled his top aides on Russia and lost” – Washington Post/Greg Jaffe, John Hudson, Philip Rucker

“‘If you’re getting briefed by the CIA director on all this stuff, there’s a point where, even if you’re Donald J. Trump, you think, “Hmm [Putin’s] a really bad guy,”‘ said former House speaker Newt Gingrich, an informal Trump adviser.”