Mike Pompeo: ‘Absurd’ to say Trump was weak at Putin summit

Published July 19, 2018 8:18pm ET



Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday rejected the idea that President Trump showed weakness at his summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite complaints from Democrats and some Republicans that he failed to send a tough message to Putin about election meddling.

“I think those allegations are absurd,” Pompeo said during an interview with “Fox News @ Night” when asked about bipartisan complaints about the meeting.

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