From Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger:
For three years we have been wondering why Donald Trump has been pandering to Vladimir Putin of Russia. Immediately after taking office, Trump tried to remove sanctions against Russia (and only action by Congress stopped that). Then he was cowed by Putin at the Helsinki conference, where he said he didn’t believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 election (even though all of the U.S. intelligence agencies have offered proof that it happened). And since then, he has supported Putin and followed policies that hurt our European partners.
But this latest thing is beyond the pale, and once again has me wondering what terrible secret Putin is holding over Trump to make him dance to Russia’s tune. Trump has known since March that Russia is offering bounties to Afghans to kill coalition troops in that country — including United States soldiers. And our intelligence agencies says some of those bounties have been paid by Russia for killing our soldiers.
A real U.S. president would have taken immediate action to stop this. What has Trump done?