"I had a good relationship with Trump, it's not a question of leadership in relations between the USA and Russia, it's a question of mentality."
Vladimir Putin said this in an interview with former Fox anchor Tucker Carlson.
"It's not about the leader. It's not about the personality of a particular person," continued the Kremlin leader, recalling that he had "an excellent relationship with Bush. I know that in the United States he was portrayed as a kind of country boy who didn't understand anything. I assure you that this is not the case. I think he made many mistakes towards Russia, but he put pressure on the Europeans."
“He was no worse than any other American, Russian or European politician and he understood what he was doing better than the others. I also had a good personal relationship with Trump,” Putin underlined.
"It's not a question of leader, it's a question of mentality."
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