# Trump dismisses CIA chief’s secretive Russia trip as ‘semi-routine’

https://mins.news/en/video/33504

- Fox News, 2026-08-26 19:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRN9y7AQ6y8

> Former CIA station chief Dan Hoffman commented after President Donald Trump described CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s secretive trip to Moscow as “semi-routine.”

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