The Christian Science Monitor

For some military vets, deep concern over Trump’s summit with Putin

Kristofer Goldsmith served in the military during the presidency of George W. Bush, and while he came to regard the Iraq War as unnecessary, he respected then-President Bush’s loyalty to the armed forces and the intelligence community.

“I never once felt that he didn’t have the best interests of the United States at the forefront of his mind,” says Mr. Goldsmith.

But the Iraq war veteran says it was totally different watching President Trump stand side by side with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki this week and cast doubt on unanimous US intelligence assessments that Russia systematically sought to manipulate the

Distrust on both sides‘A certain humility required’

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor3 min read
NBA Playoffs Without Curry? James? Durant? A New Guard Rises In Basketball.
LeBron James’ basketball career has always been paradoxical with respect to time, whether it was his rise through the NBA ranks as a teenager, or how he remains one of the game’s great players upon the completion of his 21st season. The way that camp
The Christian Science Monitor3 min read
Stories Of Resilience: Bees Make A Comeback, And How Immigrants Lift Economies
Since 2006, steep winter losses of worker bees have spurred scientists and the U.S. government to try to understand colony collapse disorder. Honeybees pollinate four-fifths of all flowering plants, which makes one-third of the food system dependent
The Christian Science Monitor3 min readAmerican Government
Police Are Begging Lawmakers To Stop Relaxing Gun Laws. Charlotte Shows Why.
From New York to Texas to Alabama, law enforcement officials have warned for years that relaxing gun laws would lead to more violence toward police. The fatal shooting of a local police officer and three members of a fugitive task force in Charlotte,

Related Books & Audiobooks