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Related: About this forumMcCain slams Trump in Munich speech without using his name
Source: Associated Press
McCain slams Trump in Munich speech without using his name
By RICHARD LARDNER
Feb. 17, 2017 5:53 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Sen. John McCain delivered a withering critique of President Donald Trump in a speech Friday that highlighted fractures within the GOP as the new administration struggles to overcome a chaotic start.
Speaking in Germany at the Munich Security Conference, McCain didn't mention the president's name, according to the prepared text, while he lamented a shift in the United States and Europe away from the "universal values" that forged the Western alliance seven decades ago. McCain is the chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
Trump has repeatedly questioned the value of NATO, calling the military pact obsolete, and sought instead to stoke a relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, Trump's defense secretary, Jim Mattis, has accused Putin of wanting to break NATO.
McCain, who has openly quarreled with the president, said "more and more of our fellow citizens seem to be flirting with authoritarianism and romanticizing it as our moral equivalent."
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By RICHARD LARDNER
Feb. 17, 2017 5:53 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Sen. John McCain delivered a withering critique of President Donald Trump in a speech Friday that highlighted fractures within the GOP as the new administration struggles to overcome a chaotic start.
Speaking in Germany at the Munich Security Conference, McCain didn't mention the president's name, according to the prepared text, while he lamented a shift in the United States and Europe away from the "universal values" that forged the Western alliance seven decades ago. McCain is the chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
Trump has repeatedly questioned the value of NATO, calling the military pact obsolete, and sought instead to stoke a relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, Trump's defense secretary, Jim Mattis, has accused Putin of wanting to break NATO.
McCain, who has openly quarreled with the president, said "more and more of our fellow citizens seem to be flirting with authoritarianism and romanticizing it as our moral equivalent."
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McCain slams Trump in Munich speech without using his name (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2017
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)1. McCain his a hypocritical sham.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)2. tRumps boss Putin wants NATO dismantled
tRump can't get it done. That's going to be a big problem for the Liar-And-Chief.
Going off to a foreign country and bad mouthing the president