The former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told MSNBC that the U.S. president is not willing to stand up to his Russian counterpart.
It comes soon after Trump faced criticism for not raising claims that bounties had been offered to the Taliban against American troops in Afghanistan in 2019, which has also been denied by the Kremlin.by claims that he is in thrall to the Russian leader.
Although foreign policy is not typically a vote winner in a U.S. election which will be fought on the recession and the coronavirus, the Democrats will continue to try to cast doubt on the campaign trail over whether Trump can stand up to Putin.Trump has defended his administration's stance against Moscow and has said that he would"not be happy at all" if the Kremlin were found to be behind the Navalny poisoning.
Back in June, the White House was also strong in its denial that Trump had been briefed on the"alleged Russian bounty intelligence," with spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany saying there had been"no consensus within the intelligence community" about the claims.She said Trump"does read and also consumes intelligence verbally", adding that"this president I'll tell you is the most informed person on planet earth when it comes to the threats that we face.
Last Friday, Trump referred to the decision in 2017 to provide anti-tank weapons to Ukraine to fight off Putin-backed separatists. Trump said:"I've been tougher on Russia than anybody else, by far. "If you look at the Obama administration, they were weak. Look at the land they gave up.... Look at what happened with respect to Ukraine and I don't think they would have done that with me. I don't think they would have done that with me at all."
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