President Donald Trump on Monday said both the U.S. and Russia are to “blame” for the decline in relations between the two countries, adding, “we have both made some mistakes.”
“I hold both countries responsible,” he said. “I think that the United States has been foolish. I think we have all been foolish. We should have had this dialogue a long time ago, a long time frankly before I got to office. I think we’re all to blame.”
He then patted himself on the back for stepping “forward along with Russia” to open a dialogue and suggested they could “do some great things together,” specifically citing nuclear proliferation.
Ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, Trump tweeted that it’s his predecessors’ “foolishness” and “stupidity,” as well as the Russia probe, that has pushed the relationship between the two powers to be worse than ever before.
Trump: "We're all to blame" for decline in U.S.-Russia relations pic.twitter.com/ZGemi56gnS
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) July 16, 2018
I can’t watch any more. The president is a dangerous embarrassment to this country. He actually criticized the Democrats and the Justice Department in harsh terms while complimenting Putin and Russia. Unbelievable.
The Russians engaged in an act of war against America’s free elections and this asshole says “we are all to blame.” It is totally disgusting. The man is a total disgrace.
We all knew this was going to be way past nutso and Spankee has found the exponential additive.
Headline: “Trump Apologizes To Russia For US Investigating Russian Interference In US Elections.”