"Steve Witkoff obviously knew nothing about the Middle East or Vladimir Putin when Donald Trump chose him. And now that he's met Vladimir Putin, he still knows nothing about Vladimir Putin, as he demonstrated so embarrassingly today when Carl Quintanilla at CNBC asked him why Donald Trump decided to allow Vladimir Putin to take full advantage of the explosive increase in the price of oil and profit off of that new price."
"We can take them at their word. He said that. Donald Trump's clown of the day, Steve Witkoff, says we can take Vladimir Putin's word for it that Russia has not been helping Iran target attacks on American military personnel. That is the single worst thing Vladimir Putin could possibly be doing to the United States in this war."
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell criticized Trump's special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff for expressing willingness to trust Vladimir Putin's assurances that Russia is not sharing intelligence with Iran about U.S. military locations. During a CNBC appearance, Witkoff stated that based on a call with Trump, the Russians claimed they weren't helping Iran target U.S. forces and suggested taking them at their word. O'Donnell characterized this position as demonstrating profound ignorance about Putin and Russian geopolitical strategy, calling it the worst possible action Russia could take against American interests. O'Donnell argued Witkoff's naiveté reflected poorly on Trump's judgment in selecting him as envoy.
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