Trump gave stinging criticism of former President Obama before an international audience
President Donald Trump on Monday used the global stage of the G-7 conference to assert that former President Barack Obama was “outsmarted” and embarrassed by Russian President Vladimir Putin — a stinging rebuke of his White House predecessor before an international audience.
“President Obama was not happy that this happened because it was embarrassing to him, right? It was very embarrassing to him, and he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8,” Trump said. “And that was his determination. He was outsmarted by Putin. He was outsmarted.”A new podcast series from POLITICO.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Trump also said he would consider inviting Putin to next year’s G-7 summit, which is scheduled to be held in the United States, remarking that “it would be better to have Russia inside the tent than outside the tent,” and professing that Russia’s involvement is “good for [the] security of the world.”
“Would I invite him? I would certainly invite him. Whether or not he could come psychologically? I think that’s a tough thing for him to do,” Trump said. “You have a G-8, now it’s a G-7, and you invite the person that was thrown out, really, by President Obama, and really because he got outsmarted.”
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