Halperin: ‘Laughable’ for GOP To Attack Obama for Being Too Soft on Putin

HALPERIN: “It’s the craziest thing of everything involving Donald Trump and his relationship with the Republican Party. Republican leaders criticize President Obama for being too soft on Russia. There’s no issue on which Donald Trump is more out of step with Tom Cotton and other Republicans in Congress. He couldn’t be more of an appeaser of Putin and his rhetoric. I think in a couple of weeks when he takes over, what will his policies actually be towards Russia? Will they be in any way tougher? Will they be real politic in terms of trying to make deals with them? But it is laughable to see Republicans criticize president Obama for being soft on Putin when their incoming president of their party has gone out of his way at every instance to make nice with Russia, to make excuses for them, most prominently on the question of whether they’re even responsible for the hacking.”