Trump’s first summit with Putin was a national embarrassment. His second was even worse.
With high stakes, the Republican didn’t just fail by objective metrics, he also failed by his own metrics. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-summit-putin-alaska-ukraine-russia-rcna225539
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