Cybersecurity
Trump ‘Looks Weak’ by Considering Putin’s Interrogation Idea, McFaul Says
- Ex-U.S. ambassador to Russia calls it a ‘cockamamie scheme’
- Trump made no commitment but didn’t rule it out, Sanders says
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President Donald Trump’s willingness to entertain a request from his Russian counterpart to question a former U.S. ambassador makes him “look weak in the eyes of Vladimir Putin,” the Obama-era envoy said.
“We look like we won’t push back on outrageous, crazy ideas,” Michael McFaul, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia under President Barack Obama, said in an interview on MSNBC Thursday. “That is not even good for President Trump.”