Monday, July 16, 2018

Senator McCain, on the Trump-Putin press conference

The statement by Sen. John McCain, from the CNN article below:

"Today's press conference in Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory," McCain said. "The damage inflicted by President Trump's naiveté, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate. But it is clear that the summit in Helsinki was a tragic mistake."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/john-mccain-statement-trump-putin-summit/index.html

Sen. McCain also said:

“No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant. Not only did President Trump fail to speak the truth about an adversary; but speaking for America to the world, our president failed to defend all that makes us who we are—a republic of free people dedicated to the cause of liberty at home and abroad."

Here is the full statement, from Mr. McCain's office:

https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=press-releases&id=A99FDA26-673D-4560-B4EA-5AEDF0685EC5