Trump faces backlash after congratulating Putin on election win

The following article by Jordan Fabian was posted on the Hill website March 20, 2018:

President Trump chats with Russian President Vladimir Putin in November 2017 at a summit in the Vietnamese city of Danang. Credit: Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images

President Trump is coming under intense criticism for declining to press Russian President Vladimir Putin about the fairness of Russia’s presidential election and the poisoning of a former Russian double agent living in England, an incident the United Kingdom blamed on Moscow.

Trump phoned Putin on Tuesday to congratulate him for winning a fourth term and to discuss a possible summit meeting. But Washington seized on the topics that were not discussed, which include Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Continue reading “Trump faces backlash after congratulating Putin on election win”