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In response to Donald Trump\u2019s meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, <\/em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump has been cozying up to Vladimir Putin for years, and this meeting underscored the depth of his sick obsession with the Russian dictator and accused war criminal. Trump pulled out all the stops to charm Putin, letting him get the first<\/a> \u2014 and last<\/a> \u2014 word, gabbing with \u2018Vladimir\u2019 on their private ride in Trump\u2019s motorcade, and rolling out the red carpet for one of our greatest adversaries \u2014 and seemingly got nothing in return. Trump has been clear that his foreign policy agenda is letting Russia \u2018do whatever the hell they want\u2019 \u2014 no matter how disastrous for the U.S. and our allies \u2014 and when put to the test, Trump embarrassed the United States by folding like a cheap suit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Donald Trump\u2019s meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: \u201cDonald Trump has been cozying up to Vladimir Putin for years, and this meeting underscored the depth of his sick obsession with the Russian dictator and accused war criminal. Trump pulled out all the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Putin and Gets Nothing in Return - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-rolls-out-the-red-carpet-for-putin-and-gets-nothing-in-return\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-16T00:08:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-16T00:08:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-rolls-out-the-red-carpet-for-putin-and-gets-nothing-in-return\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-rolls-out-the-red-carpet-for-putin-and-gets-nothing-in-return\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Putin and Gets Nothing in Return - 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