Trump thanks Putin

Vladimir Putin said 755 US government employees have to leave Russia.  President Trump said, "Thanks!"

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00:00I'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll.

00:15Mr. President, do you have any response to the Russian president expelling 755 workers from

00:22our embassy? No, I want to thank him because we're trying to cut down on payroll

00:28and as far as I'm concerned, I'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people

00:34because now we have a smaller payroll. There's no real reason for them to go back.

00:38So I greatly appreciate the fact that they've been able to cut our payroll

00:57for the United States. We'll save a lot of money.