Donald Trump was a good little puppet today, dutifully advocating the interests of Russia and his handler Vladimir Putin. John McCain, who unfortunately remained silent during the 2016 campaign and let Trump say one outrageous thing after another, had a contrary opinion about Trump’s latest pro-Russia gaffe, and let Trump know it. RawStory:
“Vladimir Putin chose to make Russia unworthy of membership in the G-8 by invading Ukraine and annexing Crimea. Nothing he has done since then has changed that most obvious fact,” McCain said in a statement. “Every day, Russian-led separatist forces are killing Ukrainians in the Donbass. Every day, Putin’s forces are helping the Assad regime slaughter the Syrian people. And every day, through assassinations, cyber-attacks, and malign influence, Russia is assaulting democratic institutions all over the world.”
“The President has inexplicably shown our adversaries the deference and esteem that should be reserved for our closest allies,” he continued. “Those nations that share our values and have sacrificed alongside us for decades are being treated with contempt.”
“This is the antithesis of so-called ‘principled realism’ and a sure path to diminishing America’s leadership in the world,” McCain predicted.
America is being ignored by the rest of the world, and rightfully so, under our present “leadership.” This is just one more rock on the pile. At best we are irrelevant. We are tolerated these days on the world stage, not taken seriously. This is a terrific set up to the historic Singapore Summit.