Trump performance at Putin summit sends media into tailspin

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The national news media widely condemned President Trump following his performance at a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which Trump repeatedly declined to criticize his Russian counterpart for Russia’s interference in 2016 election.

“You have been watching perhaps one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president at a summit in front of a Russian leader, certainly, that I’ve ever seen,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper said Monday after the conference concluded. “An extraordinary press conference.”

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