INVESTIGATION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: [Reporter: “Mr. President, you tweeted this morning that it’s U.S. foolishness, stupidity, and the Mueller probe that is responsible for the decline in U.S. relations with Russia.”]
“I hold both countries responsible. I think that the United States has been foolish. I think we’ve all been foolish…
But I do feel that we have both made some mistakes. I think that the probe is a disaster for our country. I think it’s kept us apart. It’s kept us separated. There was no collusion at all. Everybody knows it. People are being brought out to the fore…
I beat Hillary Clinton easily. And frankly, we beat her — and I’m not even saying from the standpoint — we won that race. And it’s a shame that there can even be a little bit of a cloud over it.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump and President Putin of the Russian Federation in Joint Press Conference,” whitehouse.gov, July 16, 2018