Pence, Bolton, Kelly confronted Trump in Oval Office about Russia comments
By Associated Press
Jul 21, 2018 | 4:25 PM
| BRIDGEWATER, N.J.
Facing condemnation from allies and foes alike on Capitol Hill, President Trump was outnumbered even in the Oval Office. Top aides gathered to persuade the president to issue a rare walk-back of the comments he'd made raising doubts about U.S. intelligence conclusions of Russian election interference as he stood alongside Vladimir Putin.
Vice President Mike Pence, national security advisor John Bolton and Chief of Staff John F. Kelly stood united in the West Wing on Tuesday in their contention that Trump had some cleanup to do. They brought with them words of alarm from Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, as well as from a host of congressional leaders and supporters of the president for whom Trump's public praise of Putin proved to be a bridge too far.
Even for Trump, a leader who has increasingly come to cast off the constraints and guidance of aides, the him-against-the-world position proved untenable. Trump may like doing things his way, eschewing advice and precedent like no president before, but he never likes being alone.
Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-trump-russia-comments-20180721-story.html
The article goes on to say how even Fox news was reporting on this. I vote that Trump made a boneheaded move. Hopefully, we and he will recover from it. Probably his worse day in office.
