After President Donald Trump and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's historic joint press conference in Helsinki this afternoon, a few strong words began to circulate on Twitter: "indefensible," "puppet," and "treasonous," for example.

If those words haven't given you an ulcer yet, consider what CNN's Anderson Cooper had to say at the close of the pair's joint remarks.

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"You have been watching perhaps one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president at a summit in front of a Russian leader certainly that I've ever seen," Cooper told viewers.

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He's not wrong. Between Trump's refusal to criticize Putin and his denial of the findings of his own intelligence agencies, the entire conference was jaw-dropping, even by Trump standards.

Thanks to Cooper for properly summing it up.

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