On Thursday, President Trump accused Democrats of acting in bad faith in the government-shutdown debate, saying they’re less “honorable” than China. Trump has made a habit of siding with foreign powers over the U.S. government when it has suited him. He clarified that he was talking only about strength and wasn’t “endorsing” Putin: " ‘Strong’ doesn’t mean ‘good.’ Putin is a strong leader, absolutely. I could name many strong leaders. “The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia,” Trump said, falsely.

Source: Washington Post January 10, 2019 18:26 UTC