Trump Dismisses Concerns On ‘Respect’ For Putin: US Isn’t ‘So Innocent’ Either

The Kremlin has since demanded an apology from Fox News for O’Reilly’s offensive question suggesting Putin is a killer.

“You can not compare any leaders in our country to what Vladimir Putin has done”, said Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota during an appearance on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

The US president went on to explain that he is one to respect other people, but getting along well with them does not automatically follow. Trump’s relationship with Putin “as scary as it gets” Dem senator: DeVos bigger threat to education than grizzlies Senate confirms Tillerson as secretary of State MORE (D-Conn.) said Tuesday.

He added: ‘I say it’s better to get along with Russian Federation than not. “I have no idea”, Trump said.

Replied, Trump,”There are a lot of killers”.

Trump said: “There are a lot of killers. What, do you think our country’s so innocent?”

The Kremlin responded on Monday.

“We think such words a Fox News correspondent are unacceptable, insulting”, Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov told reporters, according to Russia’s state-run RIA news agency.

Two of President Donald Trump’s top GOP allies are defending his recent remarks that seemed to suggest he believes the USA and Russian Federation occupy the same moral ground when it comes to killings. He then asked if Mr Trump had any sort of relationship – “a conversational relationship” – with the Russian leader. Comments about Putin begin at the 2:10 mark.

This is not the first time Trump has defended Putin’s reputation for running a government that crushes dissent and potentially kills journalists.

In that interview, journalist Thomas Roberts, pointed out that the rapport between Barack Obama and Mr Putin was tense.

“What do you think, our country’s so innocent?” came Trump’s reply, implying that there’s not that much difference between the two nations.

“We do want to better our relations with Russia”, Ms Haley said. Ben Sasse told ABC New: ‘I don’t know what the president’s trying to do with statements like he allegedly has on O’Reilly on the Super Bowl tonight.

“A lot of killers around, believe me”.

He added: “Take a look at what we’ve done too”.