Trump blames America's stupidity for strained ties with Russia

July 16, 2018 16:25

Ahead of his meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, United States President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Washington DC's, foolishness and stupidity for the poor state of relations with Moscow.

He also criticised special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation stemming from the alleged election meddling by Russia in the 2016 US presidential election, calling it a "rigged witch hunt."

Taking to his Twitter handle, Trump wrote: "Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!"

Taking an aim at his predecessor Barack Obama, the US President tweeted: "President Obama thought that Crooked Hillary was going to win the election, so when he was informed by the FBI about Russian meddling, he said it couldn't happen, was no big deal, & did NOTHING about it. When I won it became a big deal and the Rigged Witch Hunt headed by Strzok!"

-- ANI

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