McConnell reassures Europe on Russia
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday sought to reassure European allies following President Trump’s chummy press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We value the NATO treaty,” McConnell declared at a weekly press conference, seeking to clean some of the fallout after Trump’s contentious meeting with NATO allies in Brussels earlier this month.
“We believe the European Union counties are our friends and the Russians are not,” McConnell told reporters. “We understand the Russian threat.”
