Trump-Putin summit fallout hits Donovan-Rose race
Helsinki is thousands of miles away from Fort Hamilton Parkway, but the fallout over President Donald Trump’s performance at his high-stakes meeting Monday with Russia President Vladimir Putin in the capital of Finland is having ramifications here in Brooklyn.
Democrat Max Rose, who is running against Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan in New York’s 11th Congressional District (Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island) in November, blasted the incumbent’s response to statements made by the president at a press conference in Helsinki following a closed-door meeting with Putin.
Trump appeared to reject the view of the U.S. intelligence community that Russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election. He appeared instead to side with Putin, who denied any wrongdoing. The U.S. president also stated that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation of Russian meddling in the election is largely responsible for troubled diplomatic relations between the two countries.