Information. actually. the. whole process so. the nation the. national day of mourning for the victims tomorrow in russia d.w. correspondent. be their. area thank you. for staying in russia moscow has vowed to respond harshly to the mass expulsion of russian diplomats by the u.s. and other western allies ireland is the latest country to join the coordinated action that s seen washington and many a member states announce they ll kick out almost one hundred forty russian diplomatic staff the move is partly a show of solidarity with the u.k. after the poisoning of a former russian spy on british soil but the kremlin insists there s has been
States including germany and other western allies have followed suit with a total of more than one hundred and thirty russian diplomatic staff under orders to leave the move as a show of solidarity with the u.k. after the poisoning of a former russian spy on british soil but the kremlin insists there has been a rush to judgment behind the closed curtains for diplomats are clearing their desks but out in front of the russian embassy in berlin the ambassador remained defiant. you re hearing the movie the pain a bit vice. we still haven t heard any evidence we keep hearing the words great probability which of course does not convince us at all stanley vs. we are of course very disappointed by this decision and we are obviously not happy that our partners are taking part in this provocation by the english authorities. and. burn lynn says it s responding not just to the attack on former russian double
The united states now to expel 60 russian diplomats in this country. they re also going to shut down a russian consulate in seattle because of its proximity to a u.s. naval base and boeing headquarters. how did the white house explain this decision? well the white house said it stands with the u.k. in retaliating against russia for the poisoning of aformer russian spy on british soil. s said, it is expelling 60 russian diplomats, 48 here in washington and 12 assigned to the u.n. in north korea aew yor seattle near a boeing manufacturing facility and a near a u.s. submarine base so that has to close by april 2nd. the diplomats have to leave the country by next week, peter. aubd heard raj shah talk about it but before that sarah huckabee-sanders issued a statement saying these steps make clear to russia that its actions have consequences. the big question now is how or whether russia will retallity.
Donald trump under new fire tonight for refusing to confront putin about the poisoning of a spy on british soil. once again trump a long ways from where most republicans draw a line with russia. vladimir putin is a thug and a murderer and a killer and a kgb agent. donald trump says he add meyers vladimir putin. at the same time he called george w. bush a liar. that is a twisted example of evil trumping good. the putin regime is a totalitarian, autocratic regime that preys off the people of russia. he s a crook, he s a thug. the russians did a number on us. i hate putin. joining me now, jeremy bash, former chief of staff to the pentagon and jennifer rubin back with me.
Our future is in jeopardy. that s a chilling statement from someone who knows the things you know about the way our government works and what s happening around the world. what do you mean specifically by that? i think he s mishandled so many matters. just look at what happened yesterday with his call to vladimir putin. vladimir putin was the person who authorized interference on our election. vladimir putin was involved in directing the poisoning of an individual on british soil. and to congratulate him and treat him so nicely while he treats americans with such disdain, i think it just demonstrates he looks at the world through a prism of what is going to help and protect donald trump. that is not what presidents are supposed to do. i worked for six presidents. i didn t agree with some of their policies, but all of them, all of them were trying to do what they thought was best for the united states. that s not mr. trump. he is self absorbed and trying to protect his flanks and prom