On Wednesday evening, LevinTV host Mark Levin called out politicians and pundits on the Right who have been mimicking the Left’s talking points in slamming Trump for his comments at Monday’s press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland.

During the opening segment of his radio show, Levin accused some in the Republican Party and conservative movement of “playing the Left’s games” on the issue — for legacy media exposure as a reward.

Levin also pointed out that, contrary to the post-Helsinki media narrative, both Trump’s actions and top advisers on U.S.-Russia relations have been and currently are hawkish.

“Conservatives should be defending this president,” Levin concluded, “not in every respect … but defending him where he deserves to be defended.” Listen: