I have been FAR tougher on Russia than Obama, Bush or Clinton. Maybe tougher than any other President. At the same time, & as I have often said, getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. I fully expect that someday we will have good relations with Russia again!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019

Say what you will about Trump, but he’s not politically inastute. And the politically (and strategically) astute approach would be to drop the happy talk about befriending Russia/Putin.

All of this is just another datapoint that… something’s not right. https://t.co/9Pw9toK37g

— Ned Price (@nedprice) January 12, 2019