Trump slammed from all sides for a press conference with Putin

"President Trump proved not only that he was unable to stand up to Putin, but Putin seemed to be talking to him – the same scenario as the President made a conscious choice to defend a tyrant against fair questions of A free press, and give Putin an undisputed platform for spreading propaganda and lies to the world, "McCain said. John Brennan, a frequent critic of Trump and a national security badyst for NBC News and MSNBC, called Trump's performance "nothing short of a traitor."

Trump met Putin one-on-one for more than two hours and in a session with the badistants present. In the joint appearance after the summit, Trump downplayed the badessment of the US intelligence community that Moscow had tried to help him win the presidency in 2016, criticized the US media, criticized the FBI and the investigation of the special adviser on Russian electoral interference, and suggested that Putin was more credible than his own director of national intelligence, who accused Russia of organizing a "campaign". unprecedented influence "in 2016. [19659099]" [Putin] just said that this is not Russia ". "I will say this: I see no reason to do it."

His remarks were greeted by a wave of condemnation of Republicans, Democrats and even Fox TV hosts, who accused the president of undermining

GOP in Trump: "Putin is not our friend "

Newt Gingrich, former chairman of GOP House, a Trump confidant, called the president's comments" the gravest mistake of his presidency. 19659004] "President Trump must clarify his statements in Helsinki about our intelligence system and Putin," Gingrich tweeted . "This is the most serious mistake of his presidency and needs to be corrected – immediately."

Outgoing Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, a frequent critic of the President, said that Trump was wrong to hold the United States accountable for the deterioration "I never thought I would see the day our US President comes on the scene with the Russian President and blame the United States for the Russian aggression. " It's shameful, "Flake House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., Who rarely criticizes Trump publicly, has contradicted Trump's equivocation on Moscow's election interference and said" the president must understand that Russia is not our ally. "

" Russia has interfered in our election and continues to try to undermine democracy here and around the world, "said Ryan in a statement. [19659003] "There is no moral equivalence between the United States and Russia. Principles hostile to our most fundamental values ​​and ideals. The United States must focus on Russia's responsibility and put an end to its infamous attacks on democracy, "said Ryan. One person may be in favor of improving relations with Russia in favor of the meeting with Putin. I think something is not right here. tweeted Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich.

Republican Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that he did not think "In fact, sometimes the president cares more about how a leader treats him personally than about violence and pushing against things we know to have harmed our nation, and I thought that's what we all experienced today. 39; hui. ", Said Corker.

Sen. Richard Burr, RN.C., the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, rebuffed Putin's badurances at the Helsinki summit that his country was not going to Is not mixed elections, calling "a lie" and adding that he should be recognized as a "Vladimir Putin is not our friend and has never been, he does not want to be our friend either, the actions of his regime prove it, we must specify that the United States will not tolerate the hostile activities of the Russians against us. Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential candidate for the US Senate in Utah, has called the "Trump decision to side with Putin" on the findings of US intelligence agencies "shameful and prejudicial ".

Pundits and conservative media: Trump threw his country "under the bus"

Fox News and Fox Business personalities also disagreed with Trump.

Abby Huntsm An, a Fox News reporter and the daughter of US Ambbadador to Russia Jon Huntsman, lashed out at Trump in a tweet, saying: "No negotiation is worth throwing out. own citizens and countries under the bus. "

blasted the president for seeming to believe Putin on the US intelligence community's badessments that Russia interfered in the election, qualifying Trump's performance as "disgusting."

"I'm sorry, it's the only one, it's not a right thing or left, it's just wrong," Cavuto said.

Guy Benson, a conservative contributor to Fox News, called Monday "easily one of his worst days as president." Thomas Pickering, who served as ambbadador to Russia under President Clinton, said in an interview to MSNBC's "Mitchell Mitchell Reports" that Trump's suggestion that Russia does not intervene in the elections is "a staggering denial of something"

He embodies Trump's penchant for self-promotion to "defend the national interest of the United States."

Former FBI director James Comey, who was fired by Trump Last year, said that Trump refused to support

"It was the day that an American president stood on foreign soil next to a murderous thug and refused to support his own country, "Comey tweeted . "The patriots must stand up and reject the behavior of this president." [19659011] Democrats: Trump's behavior was weak, embarrbading, non-American

Former vice president Joe Biden looted the president for kissing Putin after attacking American allies on his trip to Europe last week

chance to confront an opponent who attacked – and continues to attack – our democracy and our allies. He could have defended American interests and values. He chose not to do it, "said Biden. Today 's press conference was under the dignity of the President' s Office. "

Trump's performance was" the most astonishing exposure of weakness and submission I've ever seen from an American president, "Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., In a statement

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., The ranking member of the House's Intelligence Committee, described the president's remarks as "cowardly and cowardly" in a tweet The leader of the minority of House, Nancy Pelosi, of D-Calif., described Trump's performance as embarrbading and suggested, without proof, that the Russians could have detrimental information about the president.

"President Trump's weakness in front of Putin was embarrbading and proves that the Russians have something about the president, personally, financially or politically, "she said in a statement.

Chuck Schumer, a minority member of the Senate, DN.Y., called reluctance of Trump to repel Putin more strongly "Unthinking, dangerous, and weak."

"The president goes above our country," he said. "Millions of Americans will continue to wonder if the only possible explanation for this dangerous behavior is the possibility that President Putin holds detrimental information about President Trump."