Hiukan kannanottoja Trumpin esiintymisestä:
Republikaanisenaattori Jeff Flake:
”I never thought I would see the day when our American President would stand on the stage with the Russian President and place blame on the United States for Russian aggression. This is shameful.”
Republikaanisenaattori Bob Corker:
“I did not think this was a good moment for our country… There’s no question that Putin interfered in the elections… That’s not debatable.”
Republikaani Will Hurd:
”As a former CIA officer and a Congressman on the House Intelligence Committee, I can affirmatively say there is nothing about agreeing with a thug like Putin that puts America First.
The President is wrong. Russia interfered in the 2016 election and seeks to undermine our democracy.”
Muut republikaanit lähinnä maininneet Venäjän sekaantuneen vaaleihin, mutta ovat jättäneet Trumpin kritisoimisen vähemmälle.
Mccain luonnollisesti antoi vielä huomattavasti näitä jannuja kovempaa huutia:
“Today’s press conference in Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory. 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.
President Trump proved not only unable, but unwilling to stand up to Putin. He and Putin seemed to be speaking from the same script as the president made a conscious choice to defend a tyrant against the fair questions of a free press, and to grant Putin an uncontested platform to spew propaganda and lies to the world."
SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING - Press Releases - United States Senator John McCain