Donald Trump claims Putin annexed Crimea ‘because he didn’t respect’ Barack Obama #BlameObama https://t.co/nodTNBYVhU

— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 13, 2018

The headline is big, but what’s bigger is what leads to it:

Trump then went on to say that he would be able to get Putin to listen to him simply by asking the Russian president to “do him a favor” and stop invading other countries.

“I’m not for Russia, I’m for the United States, but as an example example, if Vladimir Putin were sitting next to me today instead of one of the others and we were having dinner the other night in Canada I could say, ‘Would you do me a favor? Would you get out of Syria? Would you do me a favor, would you get out of Ukraine?’” Trump said.

It is unclear why Trump has not asked the Russian leader to “get out of Syria” or “get out of Crimea.” Indeed, Trump has also not asked Putin to stop trying to infiltrate the 2018 midterm election.

He truly is a stupid man’s idea of a smart man.