Trump Will Meet Putin in Finland on July 16

President Trump will hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, this summer. The July 16 meeting will come just after Trump meets his NATO partners, who are nervous about Trump’s commitment to the agency that was set up to counter Russian aggression during the Cold War. He reportedly told Western leaders at a G7 meeting in Canada this month that “NATO is as bad as NAFTA.” In a further sign of where his loyalties lie, Trump reiterated Putin’s line on U.S. election interference during a morning Twitter storm less than an hour before the White House and the Kremlin confirmed that they would meet again.“Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election!” he wrote.

Former CIA Director John Brennan slammed President Donald Trump on Twitter after his Monday press conference with Vladimir Putin, claiming that his unwillingness to blame Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election “rises to & exceeds the threshold of “high crimes & misdemeanors.” “It was nothing short of treasonous,” Brennan continued. “Not only were Trump’s comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where are you???” As Brennan noted, Trump neglected to blame Russia in any significant way during the conference: When asked by a reporter if he held Russia accountable “at all” for the strained relationship between the two nations, Trump responded that “I hold both countries responsible. I think the U.S. has been foolish. We all have been foolish. We have both made some mistakes.”

Trump is getting a bashing

Trump: I ‘Would’ Hold Putin Responsible for 2016 Election Interference