RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump on his relationship with Putin, Feb. 17, 2016: ‘I have no relationship with [Putin] other than he called me a genius. He said Donald Trump is a genius and he is going to be the leader of the party and he’s going to be the leader of the world or something.’ -At a campaign event in Bluffton, S.C.”
-Melissa Etehad, “In His own Conflicting Words,” The Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2018