White House claims ‘foreign influence’ behind criticism of US envoy

WASHINGTON: The White House lashed out Friday what it called a “foreign influence operation” by German-owned US news outlet Politico after it criticized President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff’s Ukraine negotiations. Vice President JD Vance slammed Politico, bought in 2021 by German media giant Axel Springer, over an article that quoted unnamed officials as saying Witkoff’s “inexperience shines through” in his talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. “This story from Politico is journalistic malpractice.

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