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ABC’s This Week went off the rails Sunday morning as fill-in host Martha Raddatz assaulted U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley with ridiculous questions about Russia, and at one point insinuated that she doesn’t speak for the U.S. “And you mentioned this. President Trump has said he respects Putin. But you say you don't trust him. You've said the U.S. needs to take hacking seriously. President Trump has been dismissive of it,” Raddatz prefaced before chided, “Which one of you should our allies and adversaries believe?”
Raddatz’s dismissal of the Ambassador borderlines on contempt of her position, and was completely uncalled for. “I think we're both saying the same thing. It's just being reported differently,” Haley politely responded. She pointed out that Trump agrees with her tough stance on Russia:
President Trump has agreed, this administration agrees Russia's involvement in Ukraine is wrong. And I think if you listened to what he said about the elections, of course, we don't want any country involved in our elections. And so that’s going to happen. I think Russia is very aware that they’re on notice when it comes to certain issues.
“You really think that you and President Trump are saying the same things,” Raddatz said in a way that sounded as though she was pitying Haley for her ignorance. After quoting the President’s interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, where he argued that the U.S. wasn’t “so innocent,” Raddatz sneered “So how does the U.S. maintain its role as the moral conscience of the world, you use your words this week, if the President won't condemn what is happening inside Russia?”