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Asked about Putin, Trump says US isn't 'so innocent'
Associated Press ^ | February 5, 2017

Posted on 02/06/2017 2:39:43 AM PST by reaganaut1

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he respects Vladimir Putin, and when an interviewer called the Russian leader "a killer," Trump said the United States has many of them.

"What do you think? Our country's so innocent?" he told Fox's Bill O'Reilly in an excerpt released by the network. The president's interview was to air Sunday afternoon on the Super Bowl pregame show.

Trump has long expressed a wish for better ties with Moscow, praised Putin and signaled that U.S.-Russia relations could be in line for a makeover, even after U.S. intelligence agencies determined that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign to help Trump win against Democrat Hillary Clinton. Putin has called Trump a "very bright and talented man."

During Putin's years in power, a number of prominent Russian opposition figures and journalists have been killed.

In the interview, Trump says, "I do respect him," and then is asked why.

"I respect a lot of people, but that doesn't mean I'm going to get along with him. He's a leader of his country. I say it's better to get along with Russia than not. And if Russia helps us in the fight against ISIS, which is a major fight, and Islamic terrorism all over the world — that's a good thing," Trump said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group. "Will I get along with him? I have no idea."

O'Reilly then said about Putin: "But he's a killer, though. Putin's a killer."

Trump responded: "There are a lot of killers. We've got a lot of killers. What do you think? Our country's so innocent?"

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To: DoodleDawg

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To those that have been watching what has gone down for decades, Trump is being mild.

He has nothing to explain about.
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101 posted on 02/06/2017 9:36:33 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: reaganaut1
Some Freepers will defend anything Trump says, but it is disgraceful for an American president to run down his own country like this. There is a difference between killing people in war and murdering your political opponents.

Murder is murder. Nobody claimed a moral equivalency except the media who somehow knew what Trump really meant to say. The problem is, he didn't say anything other than are we innocent, we're not - we kill/murder - look it up, there are countless cases.

102 posted on 02/06/2017 9:42:29 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: honurider

“And you are naive if you think what he said is not true.
I would rather have truth any day, over any flavor of BS.”

I agree. The OP is on the naïve side.


103 posted on 02/06/2017 10:05:22 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: reaganaut1

I guess he got the heads up before the rest of US saying that the military was not posting their air strike results for Years! Now I believe war is war and you fight to win but I like this honesty and it pulls the ladder out under the libs feet!


104 posted on 02/06/2017 10:19:44 AM PST by Harpotoo
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To: FreedomPoster

I’ve posted that so many times on social media, there’s usually nothing left to say.


105 posted on 02/06/2017 1:04:25 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Helicondelta

His last critic/journalist had an “accident” where she fell out of her building.

Not to mention the guy who was poisoned with Polonium.


106 posted on 02/06/2017 1:07:01 PM PST by piasa
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To: HarleyD

The assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, the president of our ally, South Vietnam, by the Kennedy Admin was not a proud moment.


107 posted on 02/06/2017 1:09:21 PM PST by piasa
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