a threat out there to him personally that s greater than the threat to our democracy, our rule of law by russia and he s decided to take his own self-interest over national interest, at great peril. and put himself out there with extreme putin. jeremy, how concerned are you about what we don t know, and by that, i guess i mean anything outside of adult purview or camera view, like the missing two hours known to only the translator? i m very curious. i think all americans should be concerned that the one-on-one meeting was for two hours. normally in the context of a summit, the big leaders may spend a little time together. maybe they would chat for 15, 20
he criticized u.s. allies, insults the british prime minster and called the european union a foe of the united states. trump and putin were alone together for over two hours. what they discussed, what they agreed to is known only to those two men and their interpreters. then came the news conference. the president invoked hillary clinton s e-mails. relitigated his election victory in the electoral college and went after the robert mueller investigation. i hold both countries responsible. i think that the united states has been foolish. i think we have all been foolish. i think we are all to blame. i think that the probe is a disaster for our country. i think it s kept us apart. it s kept us separated. this was no collusion at all. on the upside, we got hear that putin wanted trump to be elected the most remarkable
director of national intelligence, dan cote, whose judgment the president went against sent out this statement. the role of the intelligence committee is to provide we have been clear in our assess. s of the russian meddling in the the 2016 election and their sources tell nbc news coates statement was not approved by the traveling white house before its release. while trump may have doubts about the investigation and the indictment of 12 russian amts, there was also this statement from putin to help. we can actually permit special representatives of the united states, including this member of this very commission headed by mr. mueller, we can let them into the country and they can be present for this questioning.
today. yeah, the only conclusion i can come up with, brian, that the president surmised there was a threat out there to him personally that s greater than the threat to our democracy, our rule of law by russia and he s decided to take his own self-interest over national interest, at great payroeril. and put himself out there with extreme putin. jeremy, how concerned are you about what we don t know, and by that, i guess i mean anything outside of adult purview or camera view, like the missing two hours known to only the translator? i m very curious. i think all americans should be concerned that the one-on-one meeting was for two hours. normally in the context of a summit, the big leaders may
first for the american presidency. following their meeting in helsinki, the president wasn t soft on vladimir putin as some had feared. he embraced him. he validated him. he sided with putin over the home team when given the chance. he went on to attack his own people and institutions while standing next to the russian president. we have never seen or heard anything like this from an american president on soil foreign or domestic, but motivated by a deathly fear that his election may be seen at legitimate he delivered what a u.s. diplomat called the ing is most embarrassing performance he s ever seen on a world stage. tonight a former defense secretary and cia director called this the most tragic day in the history of the presidency. the president returned from helsinki tonight, an overseas trip that left a lot of damage behind.