Trump's team in disarray, U.S. Senator McCain tells Europe
Source: Rueters
Republican Senator John McCain broke with the reassuring message that U.S. officials visiting Germany have sought to convey on their debut trip to Europe, saying on Friday that the administration of President Donald Trump was in "disarray".
McCain, a known Trump critic, told the Munich Security Conference that the resignation of the new president's security adviser Michael Flynn over his contacts with Russia reflected deep problems in Washington.
"I think that the Flynn issue obviously is something that shows that in many respects this administration is in disarray and they've got a lot of work to do," said McCain, even as he praised Trump's defense secretary.
"The president, I think, makes statements (and) on other occasions contradicts himself. So we've learned to watch what the president does as opposed to what he says," he said.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-mccain-trump-idUSKBN15W210
Glad McCain continues to speak out. Interesting that a guy nicknamed Mad Dog has emerged as one of the few grownups in GOP room, other than McCain and Graham.
PSPS
(13,614 posts)wildeyed
(11,243 posts)He is def not our the Democratic Party team. But he consistently displays some amount of integrity, IMO.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)wildeyed
(11,243 posts)There are still a few of those floating around. They will be disproportionately important in the mid-terms, base on how polarized the country is right now. And he is one of the only prominent elected members of the GOP speaking against Trump now. If we want traction on the Russian interference in our elections, we need to win an election and/or convince a few moderate GOP reps to step up and demand a proper investigation.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Sorry, but no Republican has a spine to stand up FOR Americans. They have ignored McCain forever, even in the bush admin. Even when they shoved palin into his campaign, he had to allow that.
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)He has become quite the hypocrite.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)squeak on in.
QC
(26,371 posts)wasn't such a good idea after all.