Former Secretary of State John Kerry condemned Mr Trump bizarre craven behaviour at the Helsinki Summit in the strongest terms.
SECRETARY JOHN KERRY: I found it shocking. 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. And 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… and the danger, 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, and that he doesn't, you know, know either what the facts are or he won't accept the facts.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So you don't buy his walk back?
SECRETARY KERRY: I don't buy his walk back one second. And by the way, how can anyone buy walk back after walk back when you take positions here, and then you take positions over here and- and you're repetitively walking back and changing. We are at a point where after the documented untruths of this president- documented by many, many different media sources - that there is no credibility. You don't know whether to believe or not to believe, that's the worst situation you could have for a president of the United States in a dangerous world.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You were there when President Obama confronted President Putin, you said. Do you think, though, that he paid a sufficient price for meddling?
SECRETARY KERRY: I don't think at this point he has, because it continues. At that point, when we kicked people out, shut down certain entities, and- and put sanctions in place- very tough sanctions by the way. Much tougher sanctions than we've seen more recently with respect to Russia. I mean, President Trump didn't even want to implement the sanctions. How long did he sit on them for? Almost a year without putting them into place, because he didn't like them and he didn't want to do it. Something is having an impact on- on President Trump with respect to dealing with Russia. And when you go out and you attack NATO and you attack our alliance - our allies - you start denigrating major leaders who have made a very significant effort to hold Russia accountable. You are really ripping apart something critical to the security of the United States and you are doing President Putin's work for him.
When only 13% of Americans consider Mr Trump Truthful and Trustworthy that puts the US in a more perilous situation. Especially during a crisis.