Schiff: Putin Aims To Take Down Liberal Democracy. To Put America First, Trump Must Stand Up To Him

[DonViejo]

THE REAL THREAT

Schiff: Putin Aims To Take Down Liberal Democracy. To Put America First, Trump Must Stand Up To Him

The Russian president who helped elected the American one intends to take down the world’s liberal democracies. Will Trump call him out when they meet face to face?

REP. ADAM SCHIFF
07.06.17 4:48 PM ET

Despite his campaign comments to the contrary, President Donald Trump will apparently meet Friday for the first time with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Germany.

If Trump fails to stand up to Putin and forcefully raise the issue of Russian interference in our elections, the Kremlin will conclude that he is too weak to stand up to them at all. That makes his statement today—that no one really knows who was behind the hacking and dumping of Hillary Clinton's emails—more than discouraging. Far from putting America first, if he continues to cling to this personal fiction, he will be elevating Russian interests above all others.

On the agenda should also be Russia's continued destabilization of Ukraine, Russia's propping up of Bashar al-Assad, and a clear declaration that the U.S. will not turn a blind eye to any potential Russian support of the Taliban or increased trade with North Korea.

There is little evidence, though that Trump plans to confront Putin on any of these serious matters. Instead, he may seek little more than the exchange of pleasantries and the usual claims of a fabulous meeting.

This would be a historic mistake, with damaging implications for our foreign policy for years to come. Because what the Russians have in mind goes well beyond interference in one election, or the restoration of Russian dominance in what it considers to be its sphere of influence into a profound challenge to a rules-based international order that has been of incalculable benefit to freedom-loving people around the world.

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[Doug the Dem]

1. Heh!

Rhetorical question, right?

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Trump works for Putin, owes him hundreds of millions of dollars, him and his oligarch buddies.

Trump is there to take orders, nothing else.

If you support trump you are admitting your hatred for black people and liberals outweighs your gut feeling that putin is bad news. But then you have a great deal in common with Vlad, dont you!

He hates gay people, so do you, etc. etc. etc.

[SamKnause]

3. Why would Trump stand up to him ???

They are both on the same page.

Trump wants to take down Liberal Democracy as well.

Trump touts dictators not democracies.