Wat?
U.S. GOP Senator Blasts Putin, Russia’s ‘Mafia’ Government
Excerpts:
Senator John Kennedy (Republican-Louisiana) also told reporters on July 9 that he warned the Russian government to “stop screwing with American elections."
Kennedy and six other Republican senators and one House member traveled to Russia from June 30 to July 4, in a trip seen as a prelude to a summit between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, who are scheduled to meet in Helsinki on July 16.
"You can't trust Putin," Kennedy said. "I think the best we can do is try to contain him."
https://www.rferl.org/a/gop-kennedy-calls-putin-dictator-government-mafia/29353680.html
How to reconcile when POTUS wants to get along with Russia…this sounds quite the opposite.