President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. But Trump’s apparent first impulse here is extremely noteworthy, and very much in keeping with his other commentary on stuff like this. When Baier pressed Trump, Trump returned to an answer reminiscent of the O’Reilly interview: “So have a lot of other people done some really bad things. Kim has also been accused of ordering the assassination of his half brother in a Malaysian airport using a nerve agent. Given all of that, the idea that Trump’s first impulse was to dismiss the attempted assassination of a former Russian agent on British soil is unsurprising — but also completely noteworthy.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2019 13:41 UTC