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Down on president trump's claim he has been tougher on russia than his predecessor. the president has refused, refused to condemn russia for its interference in the 2016 election even after last week's indictments against 13 russians. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders offering a cryptic statement tuesday as part of the white house defense. >> he has been tougher on russia in the first year than obama was in eight years combined. he's imposed sanctions, taken away properties, rebuilt the military. he's done a number of things to put pressure on russia and to be tough on russia. just last w...

For you. >> it will be a good one. and still ahead on morning joe. >> he criticized obama. he criticized the fbi. he didn't even criticize putin. >> he has been tougher on russia in the first year that obama was in eight years combined. he has taken away properties. he has rebuilt our military. he has done a number of things to be tough on russia. >> the white house says the trump administration is cracking down on russia. the president's words and actions so far suggest otherwise. we'll run through it still ahead on "morning joe". we do whatever it takes to fight cancer.

Several weeks, along with election vendors to say that our election system is secure. last may, they met with state and private officials on how best to secure the election system from foreign interference. we're not the only targets of foreign interference and we're working with our allies on the daily basis to make sure that we're following best practices. this has been a topic of conversation with multiple foreign heads of state. president trump and the administration have made it clear that interference in our elections will have consequences. and we're going to continue to impose conseque...

They cannot be sure of this situation. >> i know things. here's sarah huckabee sanders getting in on the blame game. >> what is he specifically doing about the fact that russia interfered with our election and has every intention we are told of doing it again? what is he doing about it? >> look, just last week, the department of homeland security secretary kirsten nelson met with a number of relevant stakeholders. they're discussing this process, going through, looking every single day at the best ways forward. everyone wants to blame this on the trump administration. don't forget this happene...

Did confront president putin about meddling and impose sanctions, something trump has yet to do. >> so in early september when i saw president putin in china, i felt that the most effective way to ensure that that didn't happen was to talk to him directly. and tell him to cut it out and there were going to be serious consequences if he didn't. and, in fact, we did not see further tampering of the election process. >> reporter: but trump is still blaming democrats for the russia investigation, tweeting "when i easily won the electoral college the whole game changed and the russian excuse became...