‘Trump Says He’s Been Tough on Russia. Nah.’: CNN Posts Snarky Chyron to Accompany Keilar Commentary

CNN has occasionally featured snarky, blunt chyrons on screen pushing back against comments from President Donald Trump. One chyron on the network Friday afternoon was more blunt and to-the-point than usual.

“Trump Says He’s Been Tough on Russia. Nah.”

Brianna Keilar slammed the president for saying he’s been tough on Russia when he’s “seemingly smitten with the Russian president, he cannot stop praising him,” and how he’s “refused to say Putin is a killer” in a 2017 interview.

She ran down a list of other things like how Trump “considered visiting Putin on Russian soil despite the fact that Russia attacked the U.S. election” and that he has asked for Russia to return to the G7.

Keilar continued listing examples like past Trump comments on Crimea and stunning comments he made in 2019 about Afghanistan before concluding, “This year he ignored warnings of Russian bounties on American troops, after being repeatedly told in person, and in written intelligence briefings. He still has not acted or condemned those reports. Instead, he has dismissed that story as a hoax. And he also never raised the issue with Putin himself, even though he’s had several opportunities to do so. Finally, yesterday, he ordered U.S. troops out of Germany, which compromises Europe-based defenses against Russia. So has the president been soft on Russia? The answer is yes. At least 37 times yes.”

You can watch above, via CNN.