McCain on Trump: ‘No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant’
Washington — Donald Trump returned late on Monday from his European tour to face ire in Washington, where US intelligence officials and senior Republicans were denouncing the president as "shameful" and "disgraceful" after he refused to challenge Russian leader Vladimir Putin over interference in American elections. Republican Senator John McCain said Trump’s seeming acceptance of Putin’s denial was a historical "low point" for the US presidency. He called the Helsinki summit between the two leaders a "tragic mistake". "Today’s press conference in Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory. The damage inflicted by President Trump’s naivete, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate," McCain said in a blistering statement. "No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant." Taking direct issue with the president who appointed him, director of national intelligence Dan Coats sa...
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