John McCain: “Are you optimistic about recent dialogue between the United States and Russia?”

The president should not have this meeting with Vladimir Putin.

I'm the luckiest guy on earth. I have served America's cause, the cause of our security and the security of our friends, the cause of freedom and equal justice all my adult life.

I want to say to all of you that I am so honored to be here to speak before this Committee.

Today's press conference in Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American President in memory. The damage inflicted by President Trump's naivete, egotism, false equivalence and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to…