Retired Four Star U.S. Army General Barry R McCaffrey shared his frustration Friday at President Trump's lack of response to Russia's increasing aggression.
Reluctantly I have concluded that President Trump is a serious threat to US national security. He is refusing to protect vital US interests from active Russian attacks. It is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the sway of Mr Putin.
— Barry R McCaffrey (@mccaffreyr3) March 16, 2018
And in a fiery appearance on MSNBC, Republican political analyst Steve Schmidt emphasized how this week Vladimir Putin brazenly attacked both the U.K. and the U.S., and President Trump personally has done nothing about it.
"The country is under attack, the President refuses to act. He increasingly acts like somebody who has been compromised by a hostile foreign power"
More from @SteveSchmidtSES w/ @NicolleDWallace (must watch!) pic.twitter.com/vXRI5gAUuN
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) March 16, 2018
Even Felix Sater, Trump's Soviet-born former business associate and a convicted criminal, said Friday he does not know why President Trump is not taking action against Russia.
Sater: I think they attacked us. I think it's an act of war. And I am absolutely disgusted that our politicians are having a one-and-a-half-year post mortem about how they meddled, what they meddled. I grew up in Brooklyn. It's a very simple place. Somebody attacks you, you punch them back. Not once but twice. And at this point, doing something about it is very important for America to show everyone, don't mess with us.
Hayes: So why is the man that you worked with, that you know, why is he not?
Sater: You're going to have to ask him that question.