Trump Thanked Putin for the Expulsion of American Diplomats

US President Donald Trump thanked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for his decision to expel 755 US personnel from the US Embassy to Russia. He also said that Russia was against the election and explained why. This happened at his golf club in Besmern, New York, where he had a meeting with Vice President Michael Pens, National Security Assistant Herbert McMaster and CIA Director Michael Pompeo in the course of his vacation. Reports BGNES. 

After the meeting, the President gave a press conference to address all the most up-to-date issues. The question about Russia was one of the first to Trump. So far, he had not spoken about Moscow's countermeasures about the new American sanctions introduced by Congress, which Trump signed, albeit with disapproval. It is well-known that in response to these sanctions, Moscow has proposed to Washington to  reduce the staff of its embassy to 455 people, as are the officers of the Russian Embassy in Washington.

"I want to thank him (Putin) because we are trying to cut our salary fund. As for me, I am very grateful that he freed a large number of people, because now we will pay less. There is no real basis for their return to Russia, "Trump said. The president did not hide his satisfaction from cutting costs: "We'll save a lot of money," he sums up. On the occasion of the investigation against him for a deal with Russia, the president said: "There was no consensus between us and Russia. Russia has spent a lot of money, acting against me. On July 29, he wrote in Twitter that Russia was against him in the presidential election because he wants to strengthen the armed forces and keep oil prices down. Trump told reporters that "Russia dislikes" his decision to increase the military budget. Hilary intended to cut the...