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Mission in d.c. earlier this summer vladimir putin ordered the u.s. to cut its diplomatic staff in russia i 755

>> the russian foreign ministry summit one of the top diplomats to hand over the letter protesting u.s. officials entering the buildings were closing down. saying that we consider the illegitimate search of the russian premises without the presence of russian officials in the express threat to breakdown the entrance door as an unprecedented aggressive act. an official says the accusation that the u.s. threatened to break down doors is untrue. today was the deadline for russia to vacate three facilities in the u.s. the trade commission, a trade office in new york, the consulate in san francisco...

That the president had to another country ordering 755 staffer foss not do their work. >> the president has always seemed to do this tap dance with russia. whether with the russian investigation, whether it has to do with the diplomatic relation was russia. he has never outwardly accused russia -- he has never outwardly embraced the intelligence community in the country that feel confident that russia was behind the hacking of the u.s. election in 2016. he says that it was probably maybe russia but also probably other players involved. and so the diplomatic rift that we've seen kind of manifes...

Deepening the rift with russia. the administration is not expelling any russian diplomatic personnel from the united states. nor did it tough the staff at russia's mane embassy in waekt. >> of the robert costa national political reporter. vivian salama, incoming nbc news national reporter. our white house reporter jonathan la mere. vivian, let me start with you. in august earlier this month, the president said this about the russian decision to cut that -- the 755 u.s. staff members in russia. let's listen. >> i want to thank him because we're trying to cut down on payroll. as far as i'm conce...

Reacted? >> i think it's good they reacted. it's a tragic reaction. it's not good in my opinion when we don't have our embassies and consulates at full strength. it's a fess reaction given what vladimir putin asked us to shut down, release 755 employees, we had to respond. i would have liked to see a bigger response, but this response is better than no response at all. >> mr. ambassador, obviously, you have been expressing concerns about donald trump's treatment towards vladimir putin and his stance towards russia. obviously, that's something that most of us around this set have shared. >> yes...