“Why doesn’t the president get tough with Putin about what everyone seems to agree is clear meddling in 2016 and the threat of meddling in 2020?” Fox News’ Chris Wallace asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday, referring to the most recent friendly phone call Donald Trump had with Vladimir Putin.
Pompeo came up with a creative dodge, suggesting that maybe they just ran out of time: “Sometimes conversations just aren’t long enough to cover every issue that might be brought up.”
In fact, Trump and Putin talked for over an hour. But let’s stop kidding around.