Strongly disagree. It was likely Pence who set Trump straight on Putin and Russia.
You sound like a Democrat. There was never anything to “set straight” on Putin. Trump wasn’t stuffing his pockets with Russian cash while in the White House. So what if Trump had some dumb campaign season rhetoric on Russia. Mountain out of a mole hill here.
Pence is great at running his mouth. He has been totally AWOL as the Deep State has assaulted POTUS and his supporters. Flynn was an early supporter of POTUS and the GOP absolutely does not want those type of people in President Trump’s ear. We saw this recently when Romney and the Senate GOP denied Trump his MAGA Fed picks. I suppose you agree with that, too.
You sound like a Democrat. There was never anything to “set straight” on Putin.
First of all, how could you not know, especially at this late time, that the notoriously traitorous democrats are absolutely full of sh*t with their "tough talk" regarding Putin and Russia? They tried to pin Russia collusion on Trump when all the time it was THEY who were colluding with the Russians.
And in case you forgot, here is Trump BEFORE Mike Pence joined the team in July 2016...
And to be clear, I couldn't possibly be happier with the way Trump has turned out, in every or darn near every area of his decision making. He is hitting 110% on all cylinders, especially regarding his very tough stance on Russia, and China. He has just about undone every dangerous thing the Obama-Hillary admin did to strengthen Russia's hand (missile defense, New Start nuke treaty, the Putin-loving Iran deal, etc), including a major rebuilding of the military.
As I said earlier, I thought he was naive on Russia early on in his campaign, which is why I was originally a Ted Cruz supporter.
Sept 2015
“50 years is enough , “ Trump said in an interview with the Daily Caller published Tuesday, referring to Obama’s decision to re-establish U.S. ties with Cuba.
“I think it’s fine. I think it’s fine, but we should have made a better deal,” Trump added. “ The concept of opening with Cuba is fine.”
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/08/politics/donald-trump-cuba-diplomatic-opening/index.html
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Dec 2015
Trump: Vladimir Putin’s praise is ‘a great honor’...It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond ,”
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/263660-trump-calls-highly-respected-putins-comments-a-great-honor
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Dec 2015
During Friday’s ‘Morning Joe’ interview, Trump said he has ‘always felt fine about Putin.’
‘I think that he is a strong leader. He’s a powerful leader,’ Trump said.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3365976/At-s-leader-Trump-s-extraordinary-verdict-Vladimir-Putin-two-cozy-up.html
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Oct 2015
“I think that I would probably get along with him [Putin] very well.”
—Donald Trump, CBS’ Face The Nation, Oct 2015
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Dec 2015
Joe Scarborough: Again, he [Putin] kills journalists that don’t agree with him
Trump: Well, I think our country does plenty of killing also, Joe, so, you know. There’s a lot of stupidity going on in the world right now, Joe. Lot of killing going on, a lot of stupidity, and that’s the way it is.
Looking back at it now that we know that the Russians actually tried to help Hillary win, Putin’s complimentary remarks of Trump back in 2015-2016 were clearly meant to hurt Trump. To make it APPEAR as if he actually like Trump and wanted him to win. This as they probably arranged to plant a few fakes into his campaign (Manafort and Flynn). It makes more and more sense as time goes by.
Of course they wanted a pathetically weak/accommodating Hillary Clinton to win. The last thing on earth that Putin wanted, especially at this time when Russia is on the move, was a very strong-on-defense team like Trump-Pence.