It undermined his staff and further weakened his administration. While being Putin's submissive is bad enough, the worst thing Trump did was go on tv and brag about congratulating him. I think a POTUS should stand with his team, his military, his intel and 60 years of foreign policy decisions. I guess I'm more conservative than you on that matter, while you see a self-dealing con man calling the foreign policy shots no reason to be alarmed.
If you believe it was any other way you are more naive than I thought.
You have a nasty habit of jumping to unsubstantiated conclusions and treating rumor as fact.
1) The leak, like many others, is uncorroborated. You believe it because you
need to believe it, because you feel like it props up your demonstrably psychotic theories on the Trump administration and Russia. You can't look at the issue with any semblance of objectivity - and that's tragic, not to mention frustrating, coming from the perspective of someone who would actually like engage with you in a real discussion about diplomacy. Not this absolutely inane, half-baked opinion you are backing into a corner with. An opinion borne purely out of disdain for the President.
2) Even in the uncorroborated report the question of whether or not Trump read the briefing material is clearly posed. Plain as day. Again, you ignore this.
3) "His team, his military, his intel" - like, dude, why make **** up? The only people in this country who are disgruntled about Trump congratulating Putin are 57 and John McCain.
3b) We don't know who wrote the briefing. We don't know which agencies contributed to that intel. They aren't talking. And these people, who, according to you, are so aggrieved? They aren't leaking their distaste (beyond the original 'leak', that is).
4) Even if Trump made a unilateral decision to ignore what was in that briefing, you can't honestly believe that those
words might be a prescription for policy on Russia. Can you? Do you remember the sanctions imposed a couple of days ago? Let me guess; you think those are toothless now? Where do you see America submitting to Russia over an attack in Great Britain? Do you have any sort informed contribution to make about this situation beyond dropping petty barbs?
5) If you want to talk about naivete, we can talk about how completely wrong you were on Trump and North Korea. How you came in here with this same hyper-exaggerated pearl-clutching routine about a nuclear attack, all while talking out the other side of your mouth about North Korea not being a threat (until ... you know, facts were inserted into the equation).
6) You believe that Trump congratulating Putin on winning an election was an act of submission.
7) You believe that Trump congratulating Putin on winning an election was an act of submission.
8) Nothingburger.
9) ничего гастронома
