Trump to Reporters: ‘Probably Nobody Has Been Tougher to Russia Than Donald Trump’
With reporters gathered at a luncheon President Donald Trump held with Baltic State leaders, the president took questions from the press and weighed in on a number of subjects that have dominated the news cycle recently. One of those topics POTUS riffed on was Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin.
With the president facing recent criticism for congratulating Putin on his sham election victory and inviting Putin to the White House for a meeting, Trump wanted everyone to know that he’s been very tough when it comes to Russia.
We want to be able, if possible, and this is speaking with the Baltic States,” Trump said in response to a question on Russian. “Ideally, we want to be able to get along with Russia. Getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing.”
He continued, “Now, maybe we will and maybe we won’t. Probably nobody has been tougher to Russia than Donald Trump. If you take a look at our military strength now which would not have happened if the opponent had won, if you take a look at the oil and gas we’re producing now, we’re now exporting oil and gas. This is not something Russia wanted.”
The president then referred to the gathered Baltic States leaders, stating they had just told him that NATO has now taken in a “tremendous amount of money because of Donald Trump.”
Did the president just refer to himself in the third person twice in less than a minute? You know he did.
Watch the clip above, via CNN.
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