Trump Has Betrayed America
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Trump Has Betrayed America
July 18, 2018 at 8:22 am EDT
By Taegan Goddard
From a Financial Times editorial:
Mr Trump has undermined his country and his office in a series of important ways. His performance in Helsinki made it absolutely clear that the US president places his own political survival and personal vanity above any belief in the rule-of-law. Just a few days earlier, Rod Rosenstein, Americas deputy attorney-general, had indicted 12 Russian agents accused of interfering in the 2016 election and had correctly pointed out that the indictments should not be a partisan issue. But this crucial point is lost on Mr Trump. Everything including truth, the rule-of-law and the dignity of the US is subordinated to his own partisan interests.
The presidents rambling and self-centred remarks also underlined the questions about his intellectual fitness for office. The contrast with the controlled, polished (and deeply cynical) performance of Mr Putin was painful to behold.