Trump's complacency with Putin puts Republicans under the hood

Since Donald Trump came to power, he has been stuck with all sorts of unattractive epithets, from racist to misogynist to fascist or liar. But after his incredible press conference Monday in which he showed a deference close to servility to Vladimir Putin, he inherited another even more negative: that of traitor. The New York Daily News one of the tabloids of New York, made his headline with the title "Betrayed Treason" under a caricature showing Trump holding in one hand a shirtless Poutine and the other pulling on Uncle Sam with a pistol. Subtitle: "Trump Supports Putin's Opposition to US Intelligence."

"It was nothing less than treason," tweeted former CIA Director John Brennan after the conference Press. "Not only were Trump's comments stupid, but he's totally in Putin's pocket. Republican patriots, where are you? Thomas Friedman, a columnist of New York Times, wrote: There is "overwhelming evidence that our president … is involved in treasonous behavior."

Donald Trump, during the press conference, attacked the prosecutor's investigation Mueller on Russian interference in the elections, describing it as "a disaster for our country" and declaring that he had faith in Putin's word rather than that of his own intelligence services.

"Ronald Reagan has won the Cold War. Today, Donald Trump lost the post-Cold War "

" Scandalous, "wrote Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren. "Once again, Donald Trump is shaming America on the international stage, undermining our institutions, weakening our covenants, and embracing a dictator.

"If that's what President Trump says publicly, what did he say privately to Putin? Tweeted Democrat Senator Mark Warner

Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, added: "In the entire history of this country, the Americans have never seen a US president support an American adversary the way President Trump supported President Putin. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House leader, suggested without proof that the Russians held compromising information against the US president. "Ronald Reagan won the Cold War. Today Donald Trump has lost the post-Cold War, "summarized Jeremy Bash, a former Pentagon employee, on the MSNBC channel.

Repugnant

But this presidential release has outraged even the Republican ranks. The most critically acclaimed members are once again on the ball. "No president before him has fallen so abjectly in front of a tyrant," Senator John McCain said in a statement. It's "shameful," said Sen. Jeff Flake, "

But this time, even the Conservatives, who usually stand around when the president makes delusional statements, have denounced this capitulation. Will Hurd, a Texan congressman who worked as a spy at the CIA, said on CNN: "I've seen Russian intelligence manipulate a lot of people in my career, but I never thought the President of the United States would be among them. Newt Gingrich, a former member very close to Donald Trump, had this harsh comment on Twitter: "President Trump needs to clarify his Helsinki statements about our intelligence and Putin. This is the biggest mistake of his presidency and it must be corrected immediately.

The head of the Republican Party of Ohio quit outright, saying it was "a matter of conscience." Even more surprising, some Fox Business commentators like Neil Cavuto considered that Donald Trump had crossed the line. He found the press conference "disgusting". "I'm sorry, that's what I think, it's not to be right or left, it's just that we do not act that way.

Senator Rand Paul, a libertarian, was one of the few to publicly defend the president: "I do not understand all those people who have become completely insane and criticize the president," he said, explaining that it was good to meet the opponents of the United States and "to try to prevent a third world war."

Remains that no Republican in Congress has proposed any concrete reply against President. No doubt because they do not have many means of pressure. Several investigations and hearings showed Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, but Donald Trump ignored it. They have repeatedly decided sanctions against Russia, but in the end, foreign policy is decided by the President of the United States.

Finally, the only bit of practical advice came from Lindsey Graham, the Senator from South Carolina. Vladimir Putin offered Trump a football. "If it were me, I would check the ball to see if it was not riddled with pickups and I would forbid him to enter the White House. "