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Tizzy. >> president trump never mentioned the poisoning of this ex-russian spy in england and his daughter or some of the other sensitive issues. >> here he is on the phone with vladimir putin. he offers words of congratulations for an election that is not free and is not fair. >> he is talking as though he is a leader of a democracy somewhere else, not giving the context of russia. >> >> by congratulating saddam hussein when he got 98% of the vote in the iraq he election. >> laura: helping them all is john mccain, "an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators...

Tizzy. >> president trump never mentioned the poisoning of this ex-russian spy in england and his daughter or some of the other sensitive issues. >> here he is on the phone with vladimir putin. he offers words of congratulations for an election that is not free and is not fair. >> he is talking as though he is a leader of a democracy somewhere else, not giving the context of russia. >> >> by congratulating saddam hussein when he got 98% of the vote in the iraq he election. >> laura: helping them all is john mccain, "an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators...

Cameras caught instances of people literally stuffing ballot boxes. senator john mccain released an angry statement in response to trump's congratulatory call which read an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. trump's call came just days after the u.s. placed new sanctions on russia for interfering in our election and he made it despite an apparent russian-orchestrated assassination attempt on a former spy that involved the deployment of a nerve agent on the soil of america's closest ally. "the washington post" reports tonight t...

Anything to our allies? >> well, they're asking themselves questions about does this mean that the united states has changed from its fundamental position of being a leader of the free world? and can we trust anything that comes out of the mouth of the incumbent in the oval office? because he has demonstrated he changes his views, changes his position, changes his words. so i think there's a real sense of unsettlement around the globe among our partners and allies. i think it is playing into mr. putin's hands because the united states is not seen as that reliable partner and ally that's going ...

And we quote, "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 who was denied the right to vote in a free and fair election to determine their country's future, including the countless russian patriots who have risked so much to protest and resist pu putin's regime." here's how the white house tried to handle repeated questions about the phone call in today's briefing. >> did the president not raise the issue of russian election meddling in that phone ca...