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Nbc correspondent brinkristen wr joins me now. his actions are inexplicable. ignoring his own national security advisors advice. >> reporter: thats right, andrea. this highlights this discrepancy here at the white house. on the one hand several days ago they announced they were enacting thoeenact ing those sanctions against russia for meddling in the election. yet critics say the president is being non-confrontational, as you pointed out, going against stern warnings of his national security tea...

Arms, we can discuss the arms race. >> senator john mccain has slammed the president for what he just said. the senator in a statement saying, an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. and by doing so with vladimir putin, president trump insulted every russian citizen denied the right to vote in a free and fair election to determine their countrys future, including the countless russian patriates who have risked so much to protest a...

What we have. and also to discuss ukraine and syria and north korea and various other things. so i think probably well be seeing president putin in the not to distant future. >> to republican senator john mccain, that was unacceptable. mccain said in a statement today, "an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections and by doing so," mccain says "with vladimir putin, president trump insulted every russian citizen, including the countless ...

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Something they should be discussing with the russian leader? >> i didnt say we couldnt discuss it with the russia leader. it didnt come up on todays call. >> which was a congratulations call about the rigged election. which is really big double standard for this administration because consider what the president has said about another dictator closer to home. heres statement on venezuela last summer. this is a quote from the presidents statement. the united states once again calls for free and f...

D down the mueller probe. she was also asked why the president in his conversations today with russian president vladimir putin failed to bring up russias meddling in the election, instead congratulating him, putin, that is on his victory. >> does the white house believe that the u.s. election but free and fair? >> in terms of the election, theyre refocused on our elections. we dont get to dictate how other other councountries opera. >> that prompted this scathing response against john mccain. h...