Trump: Putin didn’t demand a stop of aid to Ukraine and...

I am tougher with Canada than with Russia because it is meant to be our 51st state; China and Russia want to get along with the U.S. 0/
Trump: A ceasefire, without going a little bit further, would’ve been tough. Russia has the advantage. They have encircled about 2500 soldiers. They are nicely encircled and that's not good. 1/
Trump: No, he didn’t. We didn’t talk about aid at all. 2/
They have some very valuable things for us, including very big forms of rare earth. They have a big chunk of real estate. The biggest in the world for a country by far. 3/
I had a very good relationship with Putin, Xi, Kim Jong. Lot’s of good relationships. That's a positive thing, not a negative one. 5/
Trump: Only because it’s meant to be our 51st state. I deal with every country. And one of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada. 6/
We are a country that’s now respected. We were not respected. We were being laughed at. 7X