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Why The Comey Firing May Contribute To Foreign Distrust Of The Trump Administration

President Donald Trump
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President Donald Trump

From Texas Standard:

The firing of FBI Director James Comey is not just a matter of domestic politics. For a look at how it could affect foreign policy, Texas Standard host David Brown turns to Jeremi Suri – the chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

 

President Donald Trump met with Russian foreign officials on Wednesday. a moveSurisays has left some outside of the U.S. scratching their heads."I talked to some of my friends, including some members of the German legislature and the French government and they were astounded," Suri says. "In addition, Trump did not allow a single American reporter into the Oval Office for that meeting but he allowed Russian news media, Russian photographers, even Russians carrying electronic surveillance equipment... My friends in the intelligence community tell me that they're concerned that the Oval Office is no longer secure."

Suri says there is no reason for foreign leaders to take Trump at his word.

"President Trump in the 110 days he's been president has filled every day with lies, prevarications and a constant changing of position on every major issue," Suri says. "Even on this issue of the firing of James Comey, the White House has given five different contradictory explanations. How can you expect any ally, if you're the leader of Germany, the leader of France, the leader of China, to believe anything you say?"

 

Written by Laura Rice.

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Rhonda is the newest member of the KUT News team, joining in late 2013 as producer for KUT's new daily news program, The Texas Standard. Rhonda will forever be known as the answer to the trivia question, “Who was the first full-time hire for The Texas Standard?” She’s an Iowa native who got her start in public radio at WFSU in Tallahassee, while getting her Master's Degree in Library Science at Florida State University. Prior to joining KUT and The Texas Standard, Rhonda was a producer for Wisconsin Public Radio.