The Arizona Republic editorial board said in a scathing editorial on Tuesday that President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin proves Trump “has no clue what it means to be president of the United States.”

“When will Congress rein him in?” the editorial board said in the editorial published a day after Trump appeared to side with Putin over his denial of interfering in the 2016 election. Trump and Putin held a joint press conference in Helsinki on Monday.

“The president's yes-man behavior with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin shows that Donald Trump does not understand the importance of the job he holds,” the editorial board wrote. “He hasn’t got a clue about what it means to be president.”

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“The world looks to the United States for leadership, for support of democratic institutions, for respect of human rights and dignity. We have long stood for those values,” the fiery editorial continued. “But the world just saw the American president give a green light to a dictator’s aggression. Every tyrant on the planet has reason to rejoice.”

Trump drew swift backlash on Monday after he refuted his own intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election during the press conference, saying that he doesn’t “see any reason” why Russia would have been behind the hacking.

The editorial board went on to criticize the president’s performance in four words: “Shameful. Treasonous. Dangerous. Dishonest.”

“Trump apparently does not – or cannot – grasp the responsibility of an American president to stand up for American values and oppose such world bullies,” the editorial board continued before slamming the president in another string of four words after he denied the Russian government’s interference in the 2016 election: “Incoherent. Inconsistent. Breathtakingly clueless.”

“The United States deserves better than a president who plays the tyrant’s stooge,” the editorial board said in conclusion. “Congress needs to use its power as a co-equal branch of government to make that clear to the world by reining in this incompetent president.”

The Arizona Republic editorial board has criticized Trump in the past, including when he pardoned former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio last August.