Michael Crowley: Trump Just Doesn’t Want To Talk About Election Interference; He Doesn’t Want to Prioritize with Putin

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CROWLEY: “Well, I wouldn’t have expected it because at this point we know that the President just doesn’t want to talk about this. He doesn’t want to prioritize it in his relationship with Putin. And I— I find it, although, you know, strange on some level, also utterly unsurprising. And what’s more striking to me is, in general, the President’s tone toward Putin is just completely unchanged. So, in other words, it’s not that particular point about election interference and is he still pushing that. It’s that he’s still talking about trying to have a— a good relationship with Russia, speaking in generally positive terms about Putin, kind of describing this, you know, this kind of bon ami that they have between each other, this light rapport, joking around, Putin was smiling through the telephone, that kind of strange formulation the President used. And, you know, I do wonder if there is some part of Trump that now feels that all the Russia stuff is behind us and I can get back to work on this relationship with Putin. Now, Congress has really tied his hands, made it difficult for him to change U.S. policy.”