It was hoped that being more assertive and confrontational towards Putin would make Trump “look good”. So, I’m very concerned. “I had heard about that we had allegedly collected compromising materials on Mr. Trump when he came to Moscow”.
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Congressional leaders expressed outrage with Trump’s performance, which was viewed as a highly public failure to condemn Putin’s incursion into the USA electoral process. Sen. Not surprisingly, Hannity had strong words of praise for Trump, who in turn had strong praise for Putin. “They are motivated by their persistent and consistent dislike of the president”, Paul said.
Coats, a former IN senator, said his team has “been clear IN our assessments of Russian meddling” after Trump said he takes Putin at his “strong” words denying attempts to interfere IN the 2016 election. He said, “What a shame.'” The president reiterated that Putin strongly denied collusion and also brushed off the idea Russian Federation had compromising information on Trump. “I had to reiterate things I said several times, including during our personal contacts, that the Russian state has never interfered and is not going to interfere into internal American affairs including election process”.
President Trump has been roundly criticized for declining to directly condemn Putin for Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The “Russian meddling” saga inevitably stole the limelight and both presidents discussed the issue in private as well as during their joint press conference.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin tried to lighten the mood at a post-summit news conference with US President Donald Trump on Monday by giving him a World Cup football which was made in Pakistan. “This is nonsense.” Putin said, adding “There’s no evidence when it comes to the actual facts, we have to be guided by facts not by rumors”.
“Today was a awful day for the American brand, for the American people, and for our allies”, said Republican Sen.
Senior members of Mr Trump’s Republican party have also rebuked him over his refusal to call out Mr Putin for interfering in USA elections.
There were concerns that Putin could influence Trump during their one-on-one meeting.
“I think immediately the Senate ought to pass a resolution stating our support of the [U.S.] intelligence community and that we do believe them”, Flake said.
Graham posted on Twitter, “This answer by President Trump will be seen by Russian Federation as a sign of weakness and create far more problems than it solves”.
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“I agree w/ their assessment & believe our relationship w/ Russian Federation must consistently be viewed through this lens”, Boozman tweeted.
