Rand Paul Defends Trump Amid Backlash Over Summit With Putin

Rand Paul Defends Trump Amid Backlash Over Summit With Putin
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks during a hearing on June 6, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images
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Sen. Rand Paul has defended President Donald Trump’s meeting and press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview on July 17.

Paul (R-Ky.) is among only a handful of Republican lawmakers who side with the president, amid an avalanche of negative news coverage and criticism from both sides of the aisle. A staunch advocate of nonintervention, Paul told CBS’s “This Morning” that meeting with foreign adversaries should be “lauded and not belittled.”
Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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