CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Drops Rollercoaster Video Receipts on Trump Ahead of Bombshell Summit: ‘From Fawning’ to ‘Frustration’
CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins dropped an epic supercut of President Donald Trump ahead of his high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin that shows a journey from “fawning and flattery” to “frustration.”
Trump is set to meet with Putin in Alaska on Friday. The meeting on U.S. soil raised eyebrows, including ex-Trump senior adviser Amb. John Bolton, who called the location a “great victory” for Putin in an interview with Collins last week.
On Thursday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Collins set the table with a series of clips highlighting Trump’s history:
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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Putin said Trump is brilliant.
Now I don’t know if he means it, if he doesn’t mean it. I don’t care. I like it, OK?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I like Putin.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Now, Putin called me a genius, by the way.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I think I’d have a good relationship with Putin.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Great relationship with Putin.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I hope he likes me.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We’ve had some very, very good talks.
REPORTER: Is Vladimir Putin a friend or foe?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I really can’t say right now.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: President Putin is sharp.
As sharp as you can be.
Putin, fierce, is smart.
COLLINS: When you were in office, you said that you respected President Putin.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Yes, I do.
COLLINS: Do you still respect him today?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: He made a tremendous mistake. Made that — he made — he’s a smart guy, you know?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: They say, You got along with Putin, that’s a terrible thing. I said, No, no, that’s a good thing.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don’t like what Putin is doing. Not even a little bit. He’s killing people.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Putin has been more difficult.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I’m not happy with Putin. We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I’m disappointed in President Putin.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Very disappointed with President Putin.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: President Putin, I believe, wants to see peace.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I think President Putin will make peace.
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COLLINS: It is a nearly decade-long relationship that has gone from flattery and fawning to one — more recently, of times of frustration. But now, President Trump appears cautiously optimistic about his ability to negotiate, with the Russian president, here in Anchorage, tomorrow. That’s a key question we will be watching.
Watch above via CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins.
