McMaster: Trump Was Explaining He Felt ‚Hamstrung‘ by Media in Meeting With Russians<\/b>
\nSunday on ABC\u2019s \u201cThe Week, \u201d National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster discussed the report that President Donald Trump called former FBI Director James Comey a \u201cnut job\u201d and his firing took pressure off during a meeting with the Russian foreign minister.
McMaster told host George Stephanopoulos Trump felt \u201chamstrung\u201d by the media.
McMaster said, \u201cWell, I don\u2019 t remember exactly what the president said. And the notes that there apparently have I do not think are a direct transcript. But the gist of the conversation was that the president feels as if he is hamstrung in his ability to work with Russia to find areas of cooperation because this has been obviously so much in the news. That was the intention of that portion of the conversation. \u201d
He continued, \u201cThe firing had been in the news. I didn\u2019 t know in advance that the president was going raise it. But as I mentioned, he raised it in the context of explaining that he has been he feels as if he\u2019s been unable to find areas of cooperation with Russia, even as he confronts them in key areas where they\u2019 re being disruptive, like Syria for example. The subversive activities across Europe, their supports for not only the Assad regime but for Iran at its activities across the Mideast.\u201d
He added, \u201cThat was the intent of that conversation was to say what I\u2019 d like to do is move beyond all of the Russia news so that we can find areas of cooperation.\u201d
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