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Former Secretary of State John Kerry called President Trumps appearance with Russian President Vladimir Putin a disgraceful moment of surrender that is dangerous for the United States.
In an interview that aired on Face the Nation Sunday, Kerry tore into Trump for siding with Putin over the U.S. intelligence communitys conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, and said he doesnt buy Trumps effort to walk back the comments.
I found it to be one of the most disgraceful, remarkable moments of kowtowing to a foreign leader by an American president that anyone has ever witnessed, said Kerry, the Secretary of State under President Obama.
It wasn't just that it was a kind of surrender. It's that it is dangerous. The President stood there and did not defend our country. He stood there and did not defend the truth, he did not defend the facts, Kerry said. It's dangerous because it sends a message to President Putin and to the rest of the world that the President of the United States, the leader of the free world, really doesn't have a handle on what he's doing.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-kerry-trump-putin-helsinki-20180722-story.html
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,254 posts)TT!--
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Vietnam War Hero and Senator of the United States John Kerry. Right on Capt. I bet he's super pissed bc dt is undoing his work as well. Time to get Fired UP!!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Kerry knows more about international relations and statesmanship than everyone in the Trump administration put together.
Remember when cabinet members were actually qualified for their positions?