Schumer: Trump's Asia trip a 'colossal flop' [View all]
Source: The Hill
BY JOHN BOWDEN - 11/14/17 12:15 PM EST
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) panned President Trump's 12-day Asia trip as a "colossal flop" Tuesday in a speech delivered on the Senate floor.
In fiery remarks Tuesday morning, Schumer said he had "never been more ashamed" of a president's actions abroad, according to a transcript of his remarks.
"I have never been so ashamed of a foreign trip in my years. It's just inside-out," Schumer said. "We attack our friends and the people who have given us the most trouble, China and Russia, we molly -- that is so bad for the future of this country."
Schumer blasted Trump for actions that he said "unsettled" U.S. allies and "emboldened" the country's enemies. "Adding insult to injury, he seems to have a love for dictators," Schumer said. "In the Philippines where a strongman leader is engaged in killings does Trump admonish him? No, he lectures and unsettles our allies while emboldening our adversaries by treating them with kid gloves."
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/international/360293-schumer-trumps-asia-trip-a-colossal-flop
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