Donald Trump 'Whiffed' At The Plate With Vladimir Putin, Says Senator | Morning Joe

>> WHAT HE DID IS BRING UP THE ELECTION MEDDLING.
HE WANTED TO BASICALLY LOOK HIM IN THE EYE AND LET HIM KNOW
THAT, YES, WE KNOW YOU MEDDLED IN OUR ELECTION, YES, WE KNOW
YOU DID IT, AND CUT IT OUT. I THINK PRESIDENT PUTIN DID
EXACTLY WHAT WE THOUGHT HE WOULD DO, WHICH IS DENY IT.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT IT IS. THEY ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE
TWO DIFFERENT STORIES ON THIS. THIS IS RUSSIA TRYING TO SAVE
FACE. THEY CAN'T.
THEY CAN'T. EVERYBODY KNOWS RUSSIA MEDDLED
IN OUR ELECTIONS. WHAT IS THE FOREIGN POLICY
IMPACT WE'LL START WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE MEETING, ALTHOUGH
I'LL WANT TO GET TO THE DONALD TRUMP JR. REVELATIONS.
HOW DID THE PUTIN-TRUMP MEETING GO, SENATOR?
>> WELL, I THINK ON THIS QUESTION OF CONFRONTING VLADIMIR
PUTIN ON HIS INTERFERENCE IN OUR 2016 ELECTION DONALD TRUMP
STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND WHIFFED.
THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO SIMPLY AGREE TO DISAGREE AND
MOVE ON I THINK STEPS ASIDE FROM CONFRONTING THE VERY REAL
CHALLENGE, WHICH IS THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND HIS RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES FULLY INTENT TO INTERFERE IN OUR NEXT
ELECTION IN 2018 AND 2020. FORMER FBI DIRECTOR COMEY
TESTIFIED TO THE SENATE THAT GIVEN THAT RUSSIA HAS PAID NO
SERIOUS PRICE AT ALL, WE CAN EXPECT THEM TO ATTEMPT AND
PROBABLY SUCCEED IN INTERFERING IN OUR NEXT ELECTIONS.
IMAGINE HOW MUCH STRONGER THAT CONFRONTATION WOULD HAVE BEEN IF
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD PRESENTED PUTIN WITH A SIGNED LAW THAT
IMPOSED TOUGHER SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA FOR THEIR INAPPROPRIATE
AND UNACCEPTABLE INTERFERENCE IN OUR ELECTION.
>> OKAY. SO IT DIDN'T GO WELL.
DONALD TRUMP JR. NOW SAYING HIS MEETING WITH A RUSSIAN WAS ABOUT
ADOPTION AND THEN ANOTHER STATEMENT SAYING IT WAS ABOUT
DAMAGING INFORMATION ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON, BUT THEN IT
DIDN'T TURN OUT TO BE THAT SO THEY ENDED THE MEETING.
JUST FROM HIS STATEMENTS ALONE, WHAT DO YOU TAKE AWAY,
ESPECIALLY AS A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE?
>> WELL, FOR A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE ABOUT
THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH RUSSIA, THEY CERTAINLY SEEM TO HAVE BEEN
HIDING A LOT. THE IDEA THAT THESE THREE
INDIVIDUALS, THE PRESIDENT'S SON, THE PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW,
AND THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER ORGANIZED A MEETING IN
ORDER TO GET THE FRUITS OF CYBER HACKING INTO THEIR OPPONENT'S
CAMPAIGN IS STRONGLY SUGGESTIVE OF POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
AND THE IDEA THAT THEY FAILED TO PREVIOUSLY REPORT THIS DESPITE
BEING REQUIRED TO DO SO SUGGESTS THAT THEY MAY WELL BE SOME
INAPPROPRIATE ACTION, SOME CONSPIRACY, OR SOME OBSTRUCTION.
I CAN'T REACH THOSE CONCLUSIONS AS TO WHETHER IT IS OR ISN'T
BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF ME.
IT CERTAINLY SUGGESTS BASED ON THE "NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTING
THAT THIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT BOB MUELLER SHOULD BE
LOOKING AT CLOSELY AND IF WE CAN DO SO WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH
BOB MUELLER'S INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION, WE SHOULD DO SO
ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AS WELL.
>> OKAY. ALICE JORDAN.
>> YOU HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT YOUR CONCERN THAT RUSSIA IS
ATTEMPTING TO ISOLATE THE UNITED STATES, AND REPUBLICANS HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT A FOREIGN POLICY OF
ISOLATIONISM. YET, WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW,
THIS SWITCH WHERE RUSSIA IS SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL PUTTING US
MORE IN ISOLATION. >> THE POLICY OF AMERICA FIRST
IS INCREASINGLY TURNING OUT TO MEAN AMERICA ALONE.
I'LL REMIND YOU THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S STRATEGY FOR HOW TO
CONFRONT NORTH KOREA'S AGGRESSIVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PROGRAM, ONE OF OUR TOP NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES IS TO TRY TO
ORGANIZE WORLD PRESSURE ON CHINA TO GET CHINA TO PUT PRESSURE ON
NORTH KOREA. TO HIS TRUMPETING NATIONALISM
AND ECONOMIC ISOLATIONISM FRANKLY DID NOT GO OVER WELL
WITH THE G20, AND THE FINAL COMMUNIQUE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT
ON SOME KEY ISSUES, THE UNITED STATES IS INCREASINGLY ISOLATED.
>> THE TWEETS ABOUT A CYBER -- CLAB RATIVE CYBER SECURITY.
WHAT -- CAN YOU COMMENT?
>>. >> IT'S LIKE HAVING A CONFERENCE
WITH EL CHAPPO. THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW HOW TO
FIGHT CYBER SECURITY IS TO JOIN A JOINT COALITION WITH EXACTLY
OUR MOST CAPABLE CYBER ADVERSARY, IT'S -- IT DEFIES

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