Suspension of the INF Treaty: Did Trump put Russia’s interests Ahead of Our Own? (with Sam Vinograd)

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News, News Commentary, Politics

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🗓️ 4 February 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Renato discussed the Trump Administration’s decision to suspend the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia, and whether the Trump Administration’s foreign policy has put Russian interests ahead of our own. He was joined by Samantha Vinograd, a CNN National Security Analyst who was a former National Security Council official and held numerous foreign policy roles in the Obama and Bush Administrations.

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0:00.0	M.S. W. Media.
0:08.0	This week, the Trump administration announced that the United States would suspend the
0:14.7	intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty with Russia, claiming that Russia was
0:20.6	violating the treaty. Although many observers saw this move as another sign that Donald Trump was putting
0:28.4	Russia's interests ahead of our own,
0:30.8	NATO quickly expressed support for the U.S. assessment. Was withdrawal from the
0:36.7	treaty in the best interest of the United States? Is Trump's foreign policy
0:41.2	putting Russia's interest ahead of our own?
0:44.2	And what can the US do to deter Russian attacks on our democracy?
0:49.1	Let's get on topic. On Topic.
1:02.0	Welcome to On Topic. Welcome to On Topic, a weekly in-depth look at a topic that helps us understand the
1:08.4	week's news.
1:10.1	My name is Renato Mariati.
1:12.4	I'm a former federal prosecutor. My name is Renato Mariati.
1:12.5	I'm a former federal prosecutor
1:14.7	of practicing lawyer and a CNN legal analyst.
1:18.5	And I'm usually joined by my friend Patty Vasquez.
1:21.7	She will not be with us today today so I will be bringing in a
1:24.9	special guest momentarily. But first I want to talk with you about this issue
1:31.2	of the United States withdrawal from the INF Treaty.
1:35.0	A lot of you have been posing pretty insightful questions about it and one of them is a
1:41.0	purely legal question that you had and before I bring my
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