News Alert: Trump’s policies, actions create divide on Russia

View in your browser     Trump’s policies, actions create divide on Russia President Trump and his allies argued Wednesday that critics should put more stock in the administration’s actions than the president’s words in Helsinki as the White House pushed back at suggestions Trump has been weak on Russia.  Trump defended his Russia policies at the outset of a Cabinet meeting, saying there has been “no president ever as tough as I have been on Russia.”  “All you have to do is look at the numbers, look at what we’ve done, look at sanctions, look at ambassadors, not there, look, unfortunately, at what happened in Syria recently,” he said.  Critics, however, say that while some of Trump’s policies are indeed tougher than the previous administration’s, much of their good has been undone by his other actions with regard to Russia.  Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for News Alerts     Forward News Alerts     You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.