Today’s so-called summit was a gift to Putin. Legitimizing his law breaking & aggression & elevating him on the world stage. Weak & embarrassing for President Trump.
President’s seeming acceptance of Putin’s false denial of powerful criminal charges in the Special Counsel’s indictments is astonishing & appalling – and deeply dangerous.
When Trump says “Putin was extremely strong & powerful in his denial,” he apparently believes Putin over his own intelligence agencies & DOJ. Reprehensible & irresponsible
President Trump’s priority seems to be protecting himself over protecting the nation. There is no other explanation for siding with Putin over his own intelligence agencies & continuing to denounce the Special Counsel investigation.
America needs to hit back – hit back hard – on Russian cyberattacks on our democracy. We must act with our allies, not trash & demean them. Now more than ever, NATO matters.
All of the words from Putin & Trump today are meaningless or worse without strong action to deter & stop continuing Russian attacks documented in stunning detail by the Special Counsel’s indictment of Russian spies.
Putin is a KGB thug who ordered this attack & only understands action. Not words.
American Presidents take an oath to defend the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic. President Trump unequivocally failed to defend the United States today when he refused to hold Russia accountable for aggression.
Putin must turn over spies for trial in this country. Relying on Russian justice system is a non-starter.
