U.S. Senator John McCain Warns President-Elect Trump That A Thaw With Russia Is Unacceptable

America should side with “those fighting tyranny,” said Sen. John McCain. MARKO DJURICA/REUTERS

Washington Post: A Trump administration thaw with Russia is ‘unacceptable,’ McCain says

Sen. John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent his first shot across the bow of President-elect Donald Trump’s national security plans Tuesday, saying that any attempt to “reset” relations with Russia is unacceptable.

“With the U.S. presidential transition underway, Vladi­mir Putin has said in recent days that he wants to improve relations with the United States,” McCain (R-Ariz.) said in a statement released by his office.

“We should place as much faith in such statements as any other made by a former KGB agent who has plunged his country into tyranny, murdered his political opponents, invaded his neighbors, threatened America’s allies and attempted to undermine America’s elections,” he said.

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WNU Editor: As I had expected .... it was not going to take long before U.S. Senator McCain's animosity towards President-elect Trump .... and disagreement on his foreign policy .... was going to make the news.

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