Donald: "DO NOT CONGRATULATE!"

(Commentary, temporarily posted:)

Ref.: 3/20/18 real-news story, link: 

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-national-security-advisers-warned-him-not-to-congratulate-putin-he-did-it-anyway/2018/03/20/22738ebc-2c68-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html

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An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. And by doing so with Vladimir Putin, President Trump insulted every Russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in a free and fair election. https://t.co/lcQTBi7CA1

— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) March 20, 2018

3/21/18 update: Apparently Trump's predecessors also called Putin after Russia "elections". (Pls. see link below.) Brief commentary follows:

Would they have called/congratulated Putin given more recent circumstances? 
E.g., After the U.S. intelligence community stated with confidence that Russia actively interfered in 2016 U.S. elections? Would they have congratulated Putin shortly after Great Britain's leader (U.S. ally) has accused Russia of poisoning two people in Salisbury, England? Would they have offered "election" congratulations even with (reported) footage of Russian ballot-box-"stuffing" and other irregularities widely available? .. Would they congratulate the Russian dictator who only recently (publicly) bragged of new "invincible" weapons capable of destroying the United States?

You can answer those questions for yourself...I've formulated my own.
(Hint: ...Actions (should) have consequences. Circumstances matter.
It's a weasel's argument to "justify" current actions by citing comparison to those of predecessors -- from a different time. ...It is the "argument"/response/smoke-screen of a NON-leader..)

(Article link:) http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/mar/21/did-donald-trumps-predecessors-congratulate-vladim/

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