VP Mike Pence on Putin Summit: Trump’s Putting ‘Prosperity and Security of America First’
Vice Pres. Pence praises Trump-Putin summit: “Disagreements between our countries were discussed at length, but what the world saw, what the American people saw, is that Pres. Donald Trump will always put the prosperity and security of America first.” https://t.co/pnM34fHNdQ pic.twitter.com/ASmYNvVRRV
— ABC News (@ABC) July 16, 2018
The way Mike Pence sees it, the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin today literally couldn’t have gone any better than it did.
The president set off a firestorm on Monday at his summit with the Russian leader, by casting doubt on U.S. intelligence findings about Russia’s election-meddling, drawing a moral equivalence between the countries, and saying America is at fault for why diplomatic ties with Russia are so bad. The Vice President reacted to all of this today by saluting Trump for his “deeply productive” dialogue and his use of “diplomacy and engagement”
“Disagreements between our countries were discussed at length,” Pence said, “but what the world saw, what the American people saw, is that Pres. Donald Trump will always put the prosperity and security of America first.”
As you might’ve expected, not everyone shares Pence’s rosy-tinted view of how things went today. Trump’s performance is being torn apart by media critics, intelligence figures, and politicians on both sides. Therefore, some people are responding to Pence by collectively shaking their heads.
“If it is Russia and they are interfering in our elections, I can assure you both parties and the United States government will ensure there are serious consequences”
-Mike Pence, July 27 2016 https://t.co/LAK5MathTG https://t.co/bTsSlaRMmS
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) July 16, 2018
Mike Pence: the most pro-Russia VP since Henry Wallace. https://t.co/sY9xtBsn3C
— Bill Scher (@billscher) July 16, 2018
Mike Pence has no credibility on any of this. https://t.co/jIqOiWcs3F
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) July 16, 2018
How do you even report on a statement like this from Pence other than to say it is totally devoid of reality. https://t.co/wI03E7OkSa
— andrew kaczynski? (@KFILE) July 16, 2018
Everyone saw what really happened. But Pence is still gaslighting furiously. The corruption is everywhere. https://t.co/xpoMUkKlKH
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 16, 2018
Unsurprisingly, Pence flunks this one, saying Trump always puts the American people first. I did not see anything close to that on display today. https://t.co/0NPn8PEZfC
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 16, 2018
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