Biden: Trump’s ‘Subservience’ to Putin Is ‘Humiliating’ to the US – By Katie Bo Williams (Defense One) / Aug 31 2020
“Never before has an American president played such a subservient role to a Russian leader,” the Democratic candidate said.
President Donald Trump is “subservient” to Russian president Vladimir Putin, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden alleged on Monday, calling Trump’s unusual relationship with the Russian leader “humiliating and embarrassing” for the United States.
“Never before has an American president played such a subservient role to a Russian leader,” Biden said during a major campaign speech in Pennsylvania. “It’s not only dangerous, it’s humiliating and embarrassing for the rest of the world to see. It weakens us.”
“Not even American troops can feel safer under Trump,” he said.
Biden criticized Trump for failing to raise the issue of reported Russian bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan during multiple phone calls with Putin. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly raised the issue with his counterpart in a call earlier this month, but Trump has said publicly that he has not addressed it with Putin.
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