Rubio Melts Down on Air Over Accusation U.S. Is ‘Placating Putin’
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The secretary of state could not contain his fury as he sparred with ABC News host George Stephanopoulos.

Summary

Secretary of State Marco Rubio grew visibly frustrated during an ABC News interview when questioned about the Trump administration’s approach to Russia.

Defending Trump’s push for peace talks with Putin, Rubio insisted negotiations were necessary but admitted the administration didn’t know Russia’s demands.

He clashed with host George Stephanopoulos over Trump’s refusal to call Putin a dictator and the U.S. siding with Russia in a recent UN vote.

Rubio also compared Trump’s handling of Ukraine to Biden’s approach to Israel, further escalating tensions.

  • WatDabney@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    Questions and accusations are more for the audience than trying to get Trump to reconsider why he’s doing something

    I’m fully aware of that (and the notion tgat Trump would ever reconsider anything is foolish on its face). And it’s for the audience that the politicians and analysts and commentators need to change the context of their analyses.

    and at least currently that bias toward “how things were supposed to work” still exists in the general public.

    And that’s a lot of the problem. The people need to be smacked upside the head with the two-by-four of truth.