Chris Wallace and Putin
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Speaking of Fox News, Chris Wallace sat down with Russian President Putin and it appeared that he asked much tougher questions than our president did.
But, Putin showed that he can dodge questions much better than Trump and did not have to keep spouting "Hillary Clinton" and "Fake News" over and over again.
Wallace did ask the question that many wanted asked and that many believe is what is happening. Putin sidestepped it like a pro.
WALLACE:
I saw the news conference today. My opinion was a bit curious, because President Trump spent more time criticizing the Democrats and asking about the Democratic server than he did in criticizing Russia and asking about the GRU. There are many theories in the United States about why President Trump is so reluctant to criticize you, and I'd like to ask you about a couple of them. One is that you have something on him, kompromat. The other is that, as a skilled politician and a former KGB officer, you know how to play him. You use phrases like "fake news" and "deep state." And my question is: do you find President Trump easy to deal with?
PUTIN:
Well, the first point I'm about to make is -- why did we take -- talk about like this, polite people? Why should this come as a surprise? Was it worth going all the way to Helsinki, going through the Atlantic, to just insult one another and -- well, it's not exactly the diplomatic standard in the world. There is no need to go and meet a person if you just want to insult another person. We met to try to find a way for improving our relationship and not aggravating it or destroying it completely.
And the second part of the answer is whether we have something on them. We don't have anything on them, and there can't be anything on them. I don't want to insult President Trump when I say this -- and I may come as rude -- but before he announced that he will run for presidency, he was of no interest for us. He was a rich person, but, well, there's plenty of rich persons in the United States. He was in the construction business. He organized the beauty pageants. But no, it would never occur to anyone that he would think of running for president. He never mentioned his political ambitions. It sounds like it's utter nonsense.
Just imagine this in the press conference -- St. Petersburg Economic Forum was visited by 500 businessmen. Pretty much every one of them is a major industrial tycoon of greater scale than President Trump. Do you think that our Special Services actually organized surveillance on each and every of them? Well, unlike you, unlike the United States, we don't do this. We don't have enough resources. We don't have enough manpower to organize the total state of control. That's not part of our plans. And it's clear that we did nothing of that kind of against Mr. Trump.
