President Trump is “inexplicably” showing deference to Russia and treating allies with contempt by proposing that Moscow have a seat at the Group of Seven summit of leading economies, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Friday.

Russia was ejected from the group due to its 2014 annexation of Crimea and invasion of Ukraine, which both continue today, said McCain, who has been in Arizona since December battling an aggressive form of brain cancer.

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