"Treason", "humiliation": the American press in shock after the Trump-Putin summit

D Onald Trump stubbornly refused Monday to condemn Moscow for interfering in the US presidential campaign at a summit in Helsinki with Vladimir Putin, pretending to put on the same plane the accusations of the principal American intelligence agencies in this sense and the denials of Vladimir Putin. The US president's remarks provoked an uproar in Washington.

Even the Fox News channel, known to be very conciliatory with Trump, has launched a lot of criticism. "No negotiation justifies sacrificing one's own people and country" tweeted Abby Huntsman, co-presenter of "Fox & Friends", the favorite show of the president.

And she is not the only. Another Fox & Friends journalist, Brian Kimleade, described "ridiculous" Trump's tweet about the "stupidity" of the United States in their relationship with the Russians, while Neil Cavuto of Fox Business found Trump's intervention "disgusting"

Another business correspondent, Charles Gasparino, goes even further: "You have to wonder why Trump licks miserably Putin's c **, unless he is grateful or Putin has a record of Trump ".

To cite only one example, Trish Regan, also of Fox Business estimates that the performance of the president was "traitor to the fatherland" and "horrible" . "He should have defended us" she even said on air.

The badyzes on the site of the chain are not more laudatory. "Rather than oppose Putin, Trump offered to cooperate with Russia on the problems she herself created. It's like asking a criminal to investigate his own crimes ". And to add further: "That an American president publicly says that he believes a foreign head of state rather than his intelligence service is shocking and reprehensible. At a time when our democracy is facing great threats, it is deeply disturbing that a president is joining the country that could attack us ". According to NBC News, this is the largest number of Fox News reviews of the president since his election.

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Unsurprisingly, the rest of the American press has not been much more appreciative. CNN calls this summit of "the most astonishing moment of a president where fright is common" and reproaches the president his "complete inability to see beyond his own interest" . The channel tries to explain Trump's words: "In his head, any conversation about Russian interference is an attempt to diminish his 'brilliant campaign' in the 2016 elections and invalidate his victory. (…) Trump is president. He won. Point .

For the Washington Post, the situation is even worse. "Trump has just conspired with Russia. Publicly writes the newspaper, which title "the Trump-Putin summit, an American humiliation" . "It's not normal. US presidents defend American values ​​and interests on the world stage. This Monday, Trump betrayed us " concludes the Post, which even invites the staff of the president to resign: " Save your souls. Save your honor or what's left of it "