“To be honest, I inherited a mess, a mess, at home and abroad, a mess,” he said. Mr. Trump said he was not bothered that Mr. Flynn had talked with the ambassador before even arriving at the White House. “When I looked at the information, I said, I don’t think he did anything wrong,” Mr. Trump said. “The thing is he didn’t tell our vice president properly and then he said he didn’t remember,” Mr. Trump said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyWhen a reporter pointed that out, Mr. Trump brushed it off.

Source: New York Times February 16, 2017 20:48 UTC