Is Vladimir Putin playing chicken with American shale oil producers? That certainly appears to be the case. I spoke with Heritage Foundation policy expert Nick Loris. Here's the full audio of our conversation:
I expected Ambassador Michael McFaul, the Montana native who was former President Obama's ambassador to Russia, to have some harsh words for President Donald Trump. What I didn't expect was this...
There were even some conservatives like Newt Gingrich who called it the most serious mistake of his presidency. And yet, after the criticism facing President Donald Trump following his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the president's approval ratings continue to climb.
These folks had no problem with the Obama Administration allowing the Russians to inspect nuclear weapons facilities right here in Montana back in 2014? Not only that, but the Russian inspectors were allowed to inspect nuclear launch facilities here in Montana in the immediate wake of Russian actions in Crimea, Ukraine, and the continued shelter of NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
He was born in Glasgow, Montana, raised in Butte, and eventually graduated high school in Bozeman. Now he's on the short list of Americans that Vladimir Putin is hoping the Russians get a chance to question.