MSNBC contributors on Thursday’s Morning Joe couldn’t comprehend why the Trump administration would possibly want to redirect military resources and manpower away from Europe and towards Latin America and the Pacific. The disbelief included insinuations of inviting Russian aggression to reasserting claims of President Trump not really addressing the true source of narcotics trafficking.
Co-host Joe Scarborough asked Washington Post columnist David Ignatius if the rearrangement of priorities was an invitation for Putin to reinvigorate his wilting campaign into Ukraine:
SCARBOROUGH: Unfortunately, the timing of it just couldn't be worse […] you're doing this at the same time you're trying to push Vladimir Putin back in Europe. This sends exactly the wrong message, doesn't it?
IGNATIUS: It does to Russia. My sense is that Trump really is turning our national security priorities upside down. Russia is an increasingly aggressive threat to Europe and by extension the United States.
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. steve malzberg
