Trump has also often been strangely solicitous of Russian President Vladimir Putin, praising his strongman ethos and gravitating toward him at international summits. "They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collusion. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collusion. "I think the Democrats have fed this bogus Russian collusion narrative to the media, (and) the media have gleefully swallowed it because it's really good for ratings." White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is seizing on complaints, even by some Democrats, that the previous administration did not do enough to punish Russian election subversion.

Source: CNN February 20, 2018 06:01 UTC