Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSECRETARY JOHN KERRY: I found it shocking. I found it to be one of the most disgraceful, remarkable
Transcript: John Kerry on "Face the Nation," July 22, 2018
MARGARET BRENNAN: We traveled to Martha's Vineyard this week to talk with former Secretary of State John Kerry about his new book, "Every Day is Extra." We also took the opportunity to get his thoughts on President Trump's performance in Helsinki.
SECRETARY JOHN KERRY: I found it shocking. I found it to be one of the most disgraceful, remarkable moments of kowtowing to a foreign leader by an American president that anyone has ever witnessed. And it wasn't just that it was a kind of surrender. It's that it is dangerous. The president stood there and did not defend our country. He stood there and did not defend the truth, he did not defend the facts and the danger, it's dangerous -- because it sends a message to President Putin and to the rest of the world that the President of the United States, the leader of the free world, really doesn't have a handle on what he's doing, and that he doesn't, you know, know either what the facts are or he won't accept the facts.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So you don't buy his walk back?
SECRETARY KERRY: I don't buy his walk back one second. And by the way, how can anyone buy walk back after walk back when you take positions here, and then you take positions over here and- and you're repetitively walking back and changing. We are at a point where after the documented untruths of this president- documented by many, many different media sources - that there is no credibility. You don't know whether to believe or not to believe, that's the worst situation you could have for a president of the United States in a dangerous world.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-john-kerry-on-face-the-nation-july-22-2018/
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
6 replies, 1154 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (21)
ReplyReply to this post
6 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
SECRETARY JOHN KERRY: I found it shocking. I found it to be one of the most disgraceful, remarkable (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2018
OP
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. Oh boy,Donnie ain't going to like this.
Watch for a major PR attack against Kerry in the new week.
dalton99a
(81,406 posts)2. It was abject surrender
Rorey
(8,445 posts)3. He should have been President.
I enjoyed listening to him this morning.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,866 posts)6. He would have made a good president. nt
madamesilverspurs
(15,799 posts)4. Came across my Kerry-Edwards yard sign
in the course of my recent move. Still have to wonder how differently our history would have been written.
.
blm
(113,019 posts)5. SURRENDER, exactly what I called the GOP congress trip to Russia
And why no media has picked up on that truth is disappointing. More of us need to use that word.
Thank you to a REAL American Patriot for calling it exactly what it is.