Trump Muses About Future Friendship With Putin: He ‘Is Not My Enemy’

12 July 2018, Brussels, Belgium: Donald Trump, President of the United States, gives a speech at a press-conference held at the end of the NATO summit. From July, 11 to July 12, 2018 Heads of governments and States o... 12 July 2018, Brussels, Belgium: Donald Trump, President of the United States, gives a speech at a press-conference held at the end of the NATO summit. From July, 11 to July 12, 2018 Heads of governments and States of the 29 NATO state members as well as EU representatives will be attending the Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa (Photo by Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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During an impromptu news conference Thursday, President Donald Trump suggested that he could someday become friends with Russian President Vladimir Putin and said the Kremlin leader, whose country meddled in the 2016 election, is “not my enemy.”

“Somebody was saying, ‘Is he an enemy?’ He’s not my enemy. ‘Is he a friend?’ No, I don’t know him well enough, but the couple of times I’ve gotten to meet him, we got along very well, you saw that,” Trump told reporters Thursday when asked about his relationship with Putin ahead of their planned summit Monday. “I hope we get along well, I think we’ll get along well, but ultimately he’s a competitor. … Not a question of friend or enemy. He is not my enemy. Hopefully some day, maybe he will be a friend. It could happen.”

Trump also told reporters that he plans to ask Putin about the 2016 Russian election meddling during their meeting, which will include a one-on-one discussion between the two leaders.

He may deny it, it’s one of those things. All I can say is ‘Did you?’ and ‘Don’t do it again,'” he said. “He may deny it. You will be the first to know.”

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  1. Not even a hint of an understanding that it’s not about him. Not a fucking clue.

  2. Kind of a clueless, yet hilarious admission of guilt…if it were not so dangerous.

  3. Trump carries on like he is the state. His misguided pronouncement that “if Putin and he can be friends, then the governments of Russia and the United States can be so too” convey that insinuation clearly. It should be abundantly clear to those who ever doubted where Trump stands in relation to his role as a constitutional officer. He views himself as paramount to the ship of state. Everything flows from him alone.

  4. There really needs to be an American observer/note taker in that meeting.

  5. “He like, got me elected, so he’s not my enemy, but we’ll see.”

    Head treasonweasel.

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