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Sifting through the wreckage of Trump's Europe tour for signs of a foreign policy

WASHINGTON - Critics already are calling it the "blame America first" tour.

That was perhaps inevitable after President Donald Trump blamed American "foolishness and stupidity" on Monday for the nosedive in U.S. relations with Moscow, not Russia's aggression in Ukraine, Syria and in the 2016 presidential election.

Later, after an unprecedented two-hour private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump said he didn't see "any reason why" Russia would meddle in America's electoral politics, citing Putin's "strong and powerful" denials, a stunning rebuke to U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

That followed six days of jaw-dropping presidential taunts aimed at international institutions and alliances that have formed the backbone of U.S. foreign policy and national security

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