his base. >> maybe it's a good strategy on his part. before we continue, i want to pay a part of his interview. this is on fox business. he was asked about russian meddling in 2016. watch this. >> do you think in some ways vladimir putin is kind of getting what he wanted? it almost didn't matter to the russians who won. but it certainly mattered in that they wanted to create this division. it's harder -- >> the answer is yes because our justice department and fbi played right into the hands with a stupid investigation or whatever you call it. >> brian, you listen, it's tough, because you don't want to sort of scrutinize other journalists. vladimir putin said for himself he wanted trump to win and it allowed trump to pivot to attacking mueller.