McCain statement on Trump calling for Russia to be readmitted to G7

[Miles Archer]

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) blasted President Donald Trump for wishing Russia was readmitted to the Group of Seven (G-7) nations.

“Vladimir Putin chose to make Russia unworthy of membership in the G-8 by invading Ukraine and annexing Crimea. Nothing he has done since then has changed that most obvious fact,” McCain said in a statement. “Every day, Russian-led separatist forces are killing Ukrainians in the Donbass. Every day, Putin’s forces are helping the Assad regime slaughter the Syrian people. And every day, through assassinations, cyber-attacks, and malign influence, Russia is assaulting democratic institutions all over the world.”

“The President has inexplicably shown our adversaries the deference and esteem that should be reserved for our closest allies,” he continued. “Those nations that share our values and have sacrificed alongside us for decades are being treated with contempt.”

“This is the antithesis of so-called ‘principled realism’ and a sure path to diminishing America’s leadership in the world,” McCain predicted.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/john-mccain-holds-nothing-back-blasts-trumps-call-readmit-russia-g7-meeting/

[PSPS]

1. Gee, John, you still elected to use that rubber stamp of yours.

[denbot]

10. +1

[olegramps]

49. Trump has no problem befriending a monster whose airforce he ordered to bomb hospitals.

[olegramps]

50. I belonged to a golf club that had one member who was a certified bastard.

He was the proverbial bully. Then he found out that he had cancer and over night he became a meek, love everybody, not hurt a soul miraculous renaissance creature. Strange how impending death can temper even the nastiest bastard. Sorry, but I like the vast majority, wasn't greatly impressed by his re-birth. Not many went out of their way to attend his internment.

[kentuck]

2. McCain is going down fighting the good fight...

America would be wise to listen to him.

[pazzyanne]

9. Agree.

[ewagner]

11. Good point...

at this time we can use all the help we can get!!!!!

[pangaia]

20. He should have started years ago.

[calimary]

26. This can't be forgotten.

He went along with it for far too long. Should have spoken out as soon as Mr. Teensy-Hands badmouthed him. There's a time to be a good soldier, and there's a time to defy a bad "chief exec".

[pangaia]

33. It has been said that none of us can actually imagine our own death,

only the death if others.

It is unfortunate.

[Shipwack]

30. He is -not- fighting the good fight.

If he really wanted to fight the good fight, he’d change his affiliation to “Independent” and caucus with the Democrats.

But he doesn’t, so he won’t.

To quote a comedian I will not name, “You are looking at an old person trying to get into heaven...”

[pangaia]

34. Nothing comic about that statement.

If we were able to imagine our own impending death much sooner............ be we can not.

[Shipwack]

35. Truth. nt

[krkaufman]

38. Just words.

Like with Flake & Corker, it's just words. McCain and the others are still there with their vote, as opposed to doing something to actually bring this lunatic in check ... by switching parties and putting the Democrats in control of the Senate.

[Raster]

3. tRump* is a putin tool and a Russian asset, plain and simple...

...If we do not find a way to check tRump*s stupidity and quest for power, WE WILL ALL SUFFER GREATLY.

Donald J. Trump* is a clear and present danger to the security of the United States of America.

[lagomorph777]

18. The entire RePutin Party is a putin tool and a Russian asset, plain and simple...

They are apparently happy to condemn their children and grandchildren to a life under the Soviet yoke of oppression.

[hvn_nbr_2]

19. Exactly. Benedict Donald is a Russian agent and a traitor. nt

[BlancheSplanchnik]

42. If this latest Putin Proxy act doesn't scream Russian pResident...

etcetera and so forth.

[unblock]

4. donnie is not treating adversaries with deference and allies with contempt.

he's putin's puppet and is turning america into a russian satellite state.

he's *redefining* who our allies and adversaries are.

he's criticizing europe because he sees them as *adversaries*.
he's praising putin because he sees him as an *ally*.

[dalton99a]

48. +1. Good is bad and bad is good in Trumpworld.

[BlueJac]

5. Sorry John...

your voting record is cast in stone, you can't change anything now!

[BigmanPigman]

12. Yep, I won't forget!!! EVER!!!

[world wide wally]

6. We have been betrayed by our "president"

Face it, America

[krkaufman]

39. Not just one man.

This is at the feet of the entire Republican Party... and their ill-informed voters.

[Boomerproud]

41. Yes.

That fact has to be repeated over and over and not just on DU.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

43. I'll never let any of them off the hook.

Wish we could shout it from the rooftops.

[Eyeball_Kid]

7. Trumpy hasn't registered as a foreign agent, yet he's doing work for a foreign adversarial power.

It's what the FARA is for! Can SOMEONE arrest the traitor? It's Beauregard's big chance!

[TimeSnowDemos]

8. A big stick

That's all the US has left.

Germany and the UK and Canada and France, and frankly the rest of the world aside from a handful of dictators, have all decided two things:

1. The US is no longer a trustworthy ally and barely a friend
2. To accomplish goals like fighting climate change, etc., the US must be worked AROUND not with.

[gibraltar72]

14. Our best friends hate us. Everyone else despises us.

[camelfan]

13. I believe trump read every word of that!

He just didn't understand most of them.

[jb5150]

17. Given that it's a couple of paragraphs ..

I seriously doubt he read all of it.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Yes, Trump is lobbying for Russia

media should report it for what it is

[BlancheSplanchnik]

45. I hold media responsible for the catastrophe we've got.

Largely responsible.

“Control the images, Control the minds”—paraphrased from Allen Ginsberg.

[Grins]

16. John McCain, calling the orange menace a traitor. NM

[roscoeroscoe]

21. Trump has crossed the Rubicon

And he's wandering around wrecking the countryside, to continue the allusion.

The more I think about it, this is like the march to the sea, not Hannibal...

[AlexSFCA]

22. too little too late

[ThoughtCriminal]

23. "inexplicably"

Yes John, if only there was some way to explain this...

[llmart]

24. It will not be shown on the mainstream media.

They'll be replaying how wonderful his pardon of a black woman was.

[avebury]

25. Trump is tired of feeling like the other

countries are picking on him.

His solution is to try to add Putin so that he will have a "friend" at the table.

The G-6 should respond by adding Mexico to the group.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. Trump upside down world. Kick allies, kiss enemies (Putin, China, North Korea) . . . nt

[Still In Wisconsin]

28. "The President has inexplicably shown our adversaries..." No, easily explained.

TRUMP is a Russian asset.

Period.

[Botany]

46. Trump is a Russian agent working to bring down America from the inside

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210682974

[SergeStorms]

29. You can't argue with McCain's statement.

You can argue with his placating the Orange Dumpster with his Senate votes, however.

Whatever. I wish the old warrior well and hold no grudges against him.

[oswaldactedalone]

31. No respect for McCain

as a politician at all. He's just like the rest of the Thug flunkies, he goes along with the agenda, OK he disagreed 5% of the time, and didn't speak up until he was no longer on the ballot.

[jpak]

32. Fucking A Brilliant Senator

yup

[Mc Mike]

36. Yeah, it IS inexplicable, coz 'no collusion, you're the puppet'.

[kentuck]

37. We have former Republicans on DU also...

Is there no redemption for them either??

[Purple Mountain Maje]

51. They deserve to be thrown out

The Democratic Party needs to close their tents from right wing elements. It is already bad enough that the party already past the right side of the spectrum, but for more than 40 years. It is way past time to start cleaning house and getting rid of the wrong influence from the Democratic Party.

[Garrett78]

40. I wonder if he feels any remorse for contributing to the rise of Trump.

All Republicans (and their rhetoric over the last several decades) bear responsibility Trump.

Own it, GOP.

[orangecrush]

44. K&R!

[Honeycombe8]

47. He has a way with words, that's for sure. Excellent explanation of why ...

of why Russia was kicked out & should remain kicked out of the G8.

[FirstLight]

52. +100

I understand the anger of above posters that he should've/could've done more when he was in Washington, but these statements and explanations are still important. Especially with the short-sightedness of the people when it comes to world events in recent years...

[Honeycombe8]

53. Agreed. nt