Sen. Joe Manchin: ‘Russia Is Not Our Ally; Russia Is Not Our Friend’

EXCERPT:

MANCHIN: "Well, I would just -- I'm hoping, I'm really hoping, Jake, that someone is able to sit down with the president and get him to the level of all of the people in the world, not just 330 million Americans, that depend on us to get it and get it right and to protect them also, and to be able to make decisions based on intelligence, information that we received, that nobody else has. If that is not basically what the allies can trust us with, it's going to make it very difficult. He's our president. I want to work with this president. I've tried to work with the president administration, I will continue to do so. But I would caution him, caution him to be extremely careful. Russia is not our ally. Russia is not our friend. Russia does not wish the American -- the United States of America or the American people well, that we know. We have trusted allies who have fought with us in every war. They have been willing to fight and die for us for the same causes we believe in. We know who our friends are. We know who we can trust. We've relied on their information exchanges back and forth for many, many, many years, and the same with us to them. With that, you ought to stick with your friends."