Daily Mail: 'Why would Putin want me?' Trump says Russia would have been better off with Clinton as president because she would have 'decimated' the US military and made energy more expensive
* Interview with Christian conservative broadcaster Pat Robertson came amid a cascade of revelations about Russian election meddling
* Trump said the Kremlin would have been better off with Clinton as president
* 'He would like Hillary where she wants to have windmills,' he said of Putin
* President has had next to nothing on his public schedule since he returned to the US last weekend from Germany. He heads back to Europe tonight
* Trump will participate in a joint news conference Thursday in France two hours after the interview airs
President Donald Trump said Wednesday as his son continued to take flak for a secret meeting with a Russian lawyer that the Kremlin would have been better off with Hillary Clinton as president.
'Why would he want me?' Trump said of Vladimir Putin. 'If Hillary had won, our military would be decimated. Our energy would be much more expensive. That's what Putin doesn't like about me.'
Trump added, 'He would like Hillary where she wants to have windmills.'
'There are many things that I do that are the exact opposite of what he would want.'
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WNU Editor: According to Fox News anchor Shepard Smith in the above video ... he firmly believes that Russian President Putin prefers President Trump over Hillary Clinton. What's my take .... on the personal level my money is on Trump because of what Hillary Clinton said when she compared Putin to Hitler, and Russia to Nazi Germany. But Putin is also a leader of 145 million people .... he got to where he is today because his policies and strategies were based from looking at the big picture .... not his personal feelings or preferences .... and in this regard I am not sure on who would he prefer if given a choice. I know that we will find out one day ..... when he writes his memoirs, or from those who work with him (long after he is gone) .... but for now it is all speculation.
More News On President Trump's remarks That Putin Would Have Preferred Hillary Clinton As President
Trump says he's doing 'many things' that are the 'exact opposite' of what Putin wants -- CNBC
Trump suggests Putin would have preferred Clinton in office -- ABC News
Trump: Putin preferred Clinton in the White House -- The Hill
Trump says he gets along 'very, very well' with Putin -- AFP
Trump: Putin wanted Hillary to win election to weaken America -- Washington Times
1 comment:
LMFAO,
The Stupid is so strong it burns:
"Update: He also said that Putin would have preferred Hillary Clinton to win because he wants a strong military and fracking.
That's not what he said at the time ...
Oct. 17, 2016:
Trump tells radio host Michael Savage that he might meet with Putin prior to the start of his administration.
"I think I could see myself meeting with Putin and meeting with Russia prior to the start of the administration,” he said. “I think it would be wonderful.”
In the interview, he also said that Clinton shouldn’t talk “so tough” on Russia, saying "She talks tough with Russia. She shouldn't be talking so tough. Frankly, if we got along with Russia and knocked out ISIS, that would be a good thing, not a bad thing."
Oct. 27, 2016
Trump says at a rally in Ohio that it was not smart of Clinton to speak “very badly of Putin.”
And why on earth wouldn't Putin prefer this guy:
Dec. 18, 2015
Trump said on Morning Joe that Putin was a better leader than Obama, and dismissed Joe Scarborough’s allegations that the Russian president “kills journalists that don’t agree with him.”
“He’s running his country and at least he’s a leader, unlike what we have in this country,” Trump said.
He added: "I think our country does plenty of killing also, Joe, so you know. There's a lot of stupidity going on in the world right now, a lot of killing going on, a lot of stupidity."
Dec. 20, 2015
In an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” Trump defends against allegations Putin has ordered the killings of journalists and dissidents.
“As far as the reporters are concerned — as far as the reporters are concerned, obviously I don't want that to happen. I think it's terrible — horrible. But, in all fairness to Putin, you're saying he killed people. I haven't' seen that. I don't know that he has. Have you been able to prove that? Do you know the names of the reporters that he's killed? Because I've been — you know, you've been hearing this, but I haven't seen the name. Now, I think it would be despicable if that took place, but I haven't' seen any evidence that he killed anybody in terms of reporters.”
Dec. 21, 2015
Trump tells Iowa radio host Simon Conway, “I’ve always had a good instinct about Putin. I just feel that that’s a guy—and I can analyze people and you’re not always right, and it could be that I won’t like him. But I’ve always had a good feeling about him from the standpoint.”
Dec. 30, 2015
Trump says at an event in South Carolina that Putin says he’s “brilliant.” And attacks his opponents, saying, “they want me to refute his statement.”
Jan. 26, 2016
In an interview with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo, Trump discusses the 2006 murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian security agent, and the 2016 findings of a British inquiry that Putin “probably approved” his poisoning.
"Have they found him guilty?” Trump said. “I don't think they've found him guilty.”
“If he did it, fine. But I don’t know that he did it. You know, people are saying they think it was him, it might have been him, it could have been him. But Maria, in all fairness to Putin—I don’t know. You know, and I’m not saying this because he says, ‘Trump is brilliant and leading everybody’ —the fact is that, you know, he hasn’t been convicted of anything.”
Feb. 15, 2016
Trump says at a news conference he’d be a better negotiator with Putin than his rivals.
“You want to make a good deal for the country, you want to deal with Russia – and there’s nothing wrong with not fighting everybody, having Russia where we have a good relationship as opposed to all the stupidity that’s taken place.”
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