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Washington Post:
‘Very much counter to the plan’: Trump defies advisers in embrace of Putin — Administration officials had hoped that maybe, just maybe, Monday's summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladmir Putin would end differently — without a freewheeling 46-minute news conference …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Own Team: He ‘Looked Incredibly Weak’ Next to Putin … Donald Trump's much-anticipated meeting with Vladimir Putin on Monday offered him yet another opportunity to defy those who've criticized his coziness with the Russian leader. — But on a global stage, Trump didn't just cower …
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Douglas Schoen / Fox News:
Putin eats Trump's lunch in Helsinki — This is no way to win against Russia — Monday in Helsinki, President Trump left many deeply disappointed in his approach to his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. — There was nothing inherently wrong with Trump's summit with Putin.
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Mediaite, The Atlantic, Raw Story, TIME and Wall Street Journal
Washington Post:
Trump just colluded with Russia. Openly. — THE ENDURING image of the U.S.-Russia summit in Helsinki on Monday will be that of President Trump standing next to Vladimir Putin and suggesting he found Mr. Putin's “powerful” denial at least as persuasive as the U.S. intelligence community's …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad — WASHINGTON — President Trump, who gleefully defies the norms of presidential behavior, went somewhere in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday where none of his predecessors have ever gone: He accepted the explanation …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Shows the World He's Putin's Lackey — Maybe the president is exactly as compromised as he looks. — No matter how low your expectations for the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Monday, it was hard not to be staggered by the American president's slavish and toadying performance.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump pushed his personal agenda, not the national interest, at Putin summit — Trump faces political and legal jeopardy from the Justice Department investigation of his 2016 campaign and Russia. — Against that backdrop, comments that Republican Sen. Ben Sasse called “bizarre” …
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump First Doctrine — Putin respects strength but Trump showed weakness. — Donald Trump left for Europe a week ago with his reputation enhanced by a strong Supreme Court nomination. He returned Monday with that reputation diminished after a tumultuous week of indulging what amounts to the Trump First Doctrine.
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ODNI Newsroom:
Statement from DNI Coats — The role of the Intelligence Community is to provide the best information and fact-based assessments possible for the President and policymakers. We have been clear in our assessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing …
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New York Times, Vox, The Week, The Daily Caller, Cyberscoop and Washington Free Beacon
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Trump's Appeasement Summit with Putin — For decades, American historians have viewed the summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, in 1961, as the worst ever between Washington and Moscow. Kennedy described the encounter, in Vienna …
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Axios:
Trump's Helsinki humiliation — President Trump's press conference with Vladimir Putin was a disaster. And that was the assessment of many of his GOP allies. — Why it matters: Trump had a chance to assert himself — and stand up for his countrymen — against foreign interference in our elections.
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mccain.senate.gov:
SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on President Trump's meeting and press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki:
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LoveBreedsAccountability:
After Trump-Putin Summit, The Pearl-Clutching Media Is A Laughingstock
After Trump-Putin Summit, The Pearl-Clutching Media Is A Laughingstock
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National Review
New York Times:
Republicans Rebuke Trump for Siding With Putin as Democrats Demand Action
Republicans Rebuke Trump for Siding With Putin as Democrats Demand Action
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Bustle, National Review, TalkLeft and Althouse
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen / Just Security:
Helsinki Summit: A Time for Choosing—Three observations by former senior CIA officer
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
At Summit With Russia, Trump Betrays His Country in Plain Sight
At Summit With Russia, Trump Betrays His Country in Plain Sight
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump and Putin vs. America
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Helsinki Disgrace
Trump's Helsinki Disgrace
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Putin refuses to look at Mueller indictment during Fox News interview
Putin refuses to look at Mueller indictment during Fox News interview
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Fox News, Fox News Insider and JONATHAN TURLEY
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
If you work for Trump, quit now
If you work for Trump, quit now
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Front Page Magazine, Hot Air, BostonGlobe.com and ABC News
Manu Raju / CNN:
In rebuke to Trump, senators may vote to side with US intel community
In rebuke to Trump, senators may vote to side with US intel community
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The Guardian, KTLA and Jamie Dupree - AJC
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Putin, in Fox News interview, denies having dirt on Trump, calls meddling charge ‘utterly ridiculous’
Putin, in Fox News interview, denies having dirt on Trump, calls meddling charge ‘utterly ridiculous’
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
We just watched a U.S. president acting on behalf of a hostile power
We just watched a U.S. president acting on behalf of a hostile power
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Crisis Facing America
The Crisis Facing America
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Media Matters for America and MSNBC
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump sent the worst tweet of his presidency this morning
Donald Trump sent the worst tweet of his presidency this morning
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Lauren Fox / CNN:
Top Republicans in Congress break with Trump over Putin comments
Top Republicans in Congress break with Trump over Putin comments
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John Ziegler / Mediaite:
About the Only Evidence Left that Trump Isn't Beholden to Putin is That It's Just Too Obvious
About the Only Evidence Left that Trump Isn't Beholden to Putin is That It's Just Too Obvious
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The Guardian, Washington Post and neo-neocon
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Trump and Putin: Some Thoughts
Trump and Putin: Some Thoughts
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Power Line and twitchy.com
U.S. Department of Justice:
Russian National Charged in Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of the Russian Federation Within the United States — A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within …
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New York Times:
Mariia Butina, Who Sought ‘Back Channel’ Meeting for Trump and Putin, Is Charged as Russian Agent — WASHINGTON — A Russian woman who tried to broker a pair of secret meetings between candidate Donald J. Trump and the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, during the 2016 presidential campaign …
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Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Trump's ‘Missing DNC Server’ Is Neither Missing Nor a Server … Donald Trump turns to right-wing conspiracy theories when he's cornered, and he was cornered on Monday. Standing feet away from Vladimir Putin at a press conference following their Helsinki tete-a-tete, a reporter challenged Trump …
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Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
Trump's Stupid ‘Where Is the DNC Server?’ Conspiracy Theory, Explained
Trump's Stupid ‘Where Is the DNC Server?’ Conspiracy Theory, Explained
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Gizmodo and Washington Post
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Southeast Ohio Republican Party leader resigns over Trump-Putin meeting — CLEVELAND, Ohio — A county Republican Party chairman from Southeast Ohio resigned on Monday, citing President Donald Trump's meeting earlier in the day with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Publishing Executives Argue Facebook Is Overly Deferential to Conservatives — Critique comes just before social-media executives are to appear before House committee — At a private meeting late last week, some publishing executives criticized Facebook Inc. FB -.04% for being overly accommodating …
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
This Is the Moment of Truth for Republicans — There are exactly two possible explanations for the shameful performance the world witnessed on Monday, from a serving American president. — Either Donald Trump is flat-out an agent of Russian interests—maybe witting, maybe unwitting …
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