--- title: McCain to Trump: 'Hold Putin Accountable' or Cancel Summit description: John McCain called on President Trump to cancel his summit with Vladimir Putin if he is "not prepared to hold Putin accountable" canonical: https://time.com/5338688/john-mccain-trump-putin-meeting/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-13T22:47:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:50:56.163Z article:section: Politics og:title: John McCain Calls on Trump to 'Hold Putin Accountable' or Cancel Helsinki Summit og:description: “President Trump must be willing to confront Putin from a position of strength" og:url: https://time.com/5338688/john-mccain-trump-putin-meeting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd479d9c4d3b6ac3b/698935577cdbac4f4ad5d68c/john-mccain-trump-putin-meeting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5463 og:image:height: 3073 og:image:alt: Sens. 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Drew Angerer/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 13, 2018 10:47 PM UTC Arizona Sen. John McCain on Friday praised the Justice Department’s [indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers](http://time.com/5338172/rod-rosenstein-russian-hacking-charges/) and called on President Donald Trump to cancel his upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin if he is “not prepared to hold Putin accountable.” The Russian intelligence officers were [charged with hacking](http://time.com/5338623/russian-hackers-indictments-democratic-national-committee/) the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign — the latest charges brought in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. “These revelations add to a body of evidence confirming an extensive plot by Vladimir Putin’s government to attack the 2016 election, sow chaos and dissension among the American electorate, and undermine faith in our democracy,”McCain said in a [statement](https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=3EAB84F0-97BD-4462-9063-016634A3DC4E) on Friday. “And despite repeated warnings from our nation’s top intelligence and military leaders, the Kremlin’s efforts to weaken our institutions have continued unabated with insufficient action taken by the administration or Congress to strengthen our cyber defenses, safeguard our election systems, and deter further destabilizing activities.” Trump is slated to [meet with Putin](http://time.com/5334381/president-trump-putin-europe-nato/) in Helsinki on Monday. “President Trump must be willing to confront Putin from a position of strength and demonstrate that there will be a serious price to pay for his ongoing aggression towards the United States and democracies around the world,” McCain said. “If President Trump is not prepared to hold Putin accountable, the summit in Helsinki should not move forward.” Trump said Tuesday that his meeting with Putin “may be the easiest” out of all his other meetings with NATO leaders this week. And on Friday, he voiced skepticism that the meeting with Putin would result in a confession about election meddling. “I don’t think you’ll have any ‘Gee, I did it, I did it, you got me,’” Trump said Friday morning before the indictments were announced. “There won’t be a Perry Mason here, I don’t think, but you never know what happens, right?” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5338688/john-mccain-trump-putin-meeting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5338688/john-mccain-trump-putin-meeting/"},"headline":"John McCain Calls on President Trump to 'Hold Putin Accountable' or Cancel Helsinki Summit","datePublished":"2018-07-13T22:47:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:50:56.163Z","description":"“President Trump must be willing to confront Putin from a position of strength\"","url":"https://time.com/5338688/john-mccain-trump-putin-meeting/","keywords":["White House","justice","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd479d9c4d3b6ac3b/698935577cdbac4f4ad5d68c/john-mccain-trump-putin-meeting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd479d9c4d3b6ac3b/698935577cdbac4f4ad5d68c/john-mccain-trump-putin-meeting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sens. 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