What U.S. presidents have said about Putin

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Biden has called him a "killer" and an "aggressor." Trump said of him, "We get along." Obama described him as "a bored kid."   Here's what U.S. presidents have said about Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

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00:00I'd like to congratulate President Putin for being the only person that caught a fish today

00:04So, you know Vladimir Putin you think he's a killer?

00:07Mm-hmm. I do like Putin. He likes me, you know, we get along

00:19Now look the man in the eye I

00:21found it to be very straightforward and

00:24trustworthy

00:26And we had a very good dialogue. I was able to

00:31Get a sense of his soul

00:47A lot of people never really dreamt that an American president

00:51And a Russian president could have established the friendship that we had

00:57We were enemies for a long period of time

01:00When I was in high school, Russia was an enemy

01:05Now the high school students can know Russia's a friend

01:12He's got that kind of slouch looking like the board kid in the back of the classroom

01:25I don't have a bad personal relation with Putin when we have conversations

01:30They're candid. They're blunt. I know the press likes to focus on body language and he's got that kind of slouch

01:36Looking like the board kid in the back of the classroom

01:40But the truth is is that when we're in conversations together

01:44Oftentimes is very productive. I

01:49Respect Putin he's a strong leader. I can tell you that unlike what we have

02:00I

02:09President Putin called me up very nicely to congratulate me on the win of the election

02:14Putin's a killer a lot of killers. We've got a lot of killers. Why you think our country's so innocent like Putin

02:20He likes me, you know, we get along. It's bad. Is it wouldn't you say it's smart to get along? Okay smart

02:27So

02:29What specifically will you do differently to change Vladimir Putin's behavior?

02:34Well, first of all, there's no guarantee you can change a person's behavior or the bravery's country

02:41Autocrats have enormous power and they don't have to answer to a public

02:44Why do you think he hasn't changed his behavior in spite of everything the u.s. Has done to this point?

02:50He's Vladimir Putin

02:57You

03:04Putin is the aggressor Putin chose this war and now he and his country will bear the consequences

03:26You

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