.MaddowBlog: As election threats mount, Pres. Trump flaunts weakness toward Putin.
Close video The Rachel Maddow Show, 5/3/19, 11:31 PM ET Trump contradicts top aides with reversal after Putin phone call Rachel Maddow reports on a Friday phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, first reported by Russian media, and Trump’s declaration of Russia’s benign intentions toward Venezuela contradicting the significantly more antagonistic perspectives share tweet email save Embed Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has had multiple opportunities to confront Russian...
It was against this backdrop that Trump had a lengthy phone call with Putin on Friday, creating a new opportunity for the Republican to stick up for his own country, demand accountability, and warn the autocratic leader not to target us again. Would Trump step up? I especially liked the use of the word “really,” as if the Republican was eager to convince everyone that he wasn’t peddling a dubious line: Trump “really” didn’t bother to tell our attacker not to do it again.
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