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What's on his mind. here in turnberry, did the same thing. supposed to only take questions about the golf course and golf in general and instead of taking political questions, even touching into foreign relations, if you will he said that he would be a very good diplomat despite what people may think. he believes he would be very good at uniting the world. one of the big problems with america right now is they are too politically correct and that's why everybody in the world hates america. he says he will not be that politically correct, which i think we can believe him when he says that. he a...

Has wanted to befriend putin, wanted to bee befriend -- went for burgers, caught on his hot mic saying i'll have more flexibility after the election. >> at least we don't have to listen to that anymore. but having determined now that it's pretty clear that the russians' either direct or indirect responsibility for this. the president simply must do more than say we're going to have an inteational investigation. >> we can't even get access to the site. families want to see the bodies of the victims, we want to see the black boxes. are we able to trust the investigators about what went on here? ...

>> reporter: on capitol hill tonight, democrats denouncing president trump's attempt at post-summit damage control. >> i don't accept the president's comments today. if he wanted to make those comments, he should've had the strength to make them in front of vladimir putin. >> reporter: top republicans soundly rejecting the president's effort to befriend putin. majority leader mitch mcconnell blunt, saying the european union is our friend, russia is not. >> i think the russians need to know that there are a lot of us who fully understand what happened in 2016 and it really had better not happen...

View of russia as a whole. jamie, let me come to you. part of the reason why i'm so troubled by what we saw at the g20 is the past statements by president trump either as a candidate and certainly as president about vladimir putin. let's take a listen. >> putin's a killer. >> a lot of killers. we have a lot of killers. you think our country's so innocent. if he says great things about me, i'm going to say great things about him. i've already said he is a leader. he goes donald trump -- donald trump -- think of it -- wants to befriend putin and other things. i said to myself what's wrong with t...