Trump, who has faced a backlash from both parties in recent days for praising Russian President Vladimir Putin, was interviewed by Larry King, a veteran American journalist whose show airs on RT America, the USA partner of a network originally called Russia Today.
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‘I don’t have any opinion on it.
“Certainly, in that system, he’s been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader”, Trump said.
“Well, I think the dishonesty of the media”. “On the other hand, let’s face it, over the last several years, President Putin has operated in ways that very much have been against our interests and I think we have to recognize that’s just a fact”.
Mr Obama, who was in Laos for a summit with South East Asia leaders and his final trip to east Asia, said that Trump holds contradictory and “outright wacky ideas” and is “uninformed”.
“You think I’m going to stand up here and be election pundit?”
Apparently Trump’s position has evolved since July, when he said during a press conference, “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 [Clinton] emails that are missing”.
Trump declared on Wednesday during a televised forum attended by military veterans that Russian President Vladimir Putin had been a better leader than Obama. “I mean they’ll take a statement that you make which is flawless and they’ll cut it up and chop it up and shorten it or lengthen it or do something with it”. I haven’t heard that statement, ‘ Trump said.
The Trump-Pence campaign was one of several cases listed as prohibited because of 2010 U.S. regulations meant to block donations to state and local officials that could sway the awarding of government investment business, said the memo, which was dated August 29.
‘If he says great things about me, I’m going to say great things about him’.
Trump responded to the controversy by remaining true to his brand, which is to do basically the opposite of what any rational presidential candidate would do.
In the King interview, Trump also commented on Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson’s interview gaffe where he failed to understand a question about the Syrian city of Aleppo. ‘No, I’d rather be Hillary and myself because we’re the only two with a chance of winning, ‘ he said. “I’ve already said he is really very much of a leader”.
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And Trump showed no desire to share more details of his plan to defeat ISIS.
