No, Trump, the US is not the same as Putin

Published February 7, 2017 2:27am ET



Tom Brady may have shocked the sports world Sunday with his 25-point comeback in the second half of Super Bowl LI, but it was President Trump who yet again shocked the political world during his interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. Yet again, Trump was asked about Vladimir Putin and Russia, and yet again, Trump managed to cause an unnecessary controversy when he seemed to compare Putin’s crimes over the last two decades with United States foreign policy misadventures over the previous fifteen years.

If you’ve been paying any attention to the news lately, you probably already heard or read about the exchange between Trump and O’Reilly during the nine-minute interview. But just in case you missed it amidst the Super Bowl hype, here is the excerpt:

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