I thought that this press conference was pointless. Trump had to have known that he would be ask about the CIA findings.
There was no way he could give a good answer standing next to Putin. What was he to say that he believes the CIA and thinks Putin is a lying S.O.B.?
He just needs to be careful because Putin is a very crafty man (he is the former head of the KGB after all.)
As for Crimea, it's a done deal. The Russians have invaded it and there is no way to get them to leave. But once again by having a news confrence and being asked questions, (Trump should have known that question was coming), there wasn't a good way of replying.
Trump obviously knows that the press is not his friend but crying "fake news, fake news" is not the answer. It just makes Trump look like a crybaby - think Blamery Clinton and her bitchin' about why she lost.
True or not it is what it is, "fake news" or not that's what he has to deal with. He needs to be very crafty himself.
The more he antagonizes the press the more they nit pick anything he does or says.
Although he means well Trump seems to leap before he looks. He also needs to get some good advisors. A smart man is intelligent enough to know he doesn't know everything.
And smart advisors shouldn't mean his relatives. That's nepotism regardless of who it's from it looks bad and there is to much of that in Washington D.C. Whether it's Kennedys or Bushes or Clintons I think that puts people off.
As for Russia, yeah we have to deal with them but don't trust them. The are not our friends.
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.
– Winston Churchill