BALDWIN: Given all that was learned about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election or the recent threats of an arms race from an adversary who claims nuclear capability, you may expect President Trump would change his tune about Vladimir Putin ahead of the 2020 race. But at the G7 summit in France, the president lavished even more praise for the Russian despot and placed more blame on former President Barack Obama.</s>DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think it would be better to have Russia inside the tent than outside the tent. Would I invite him? I would certainly invite him. Whether or not he could come, psychologically, I think that's a tough thing for him to do. You have a G8. Now it's a G7, and you invite the person that was thrown out, really by President Obama, and really because he got outsmarted. President Obama was helping Ukraine. Crimea was annexed during his term. Now, it's a very big area, a very important area. President Obama was not happy that this happened, because it was embarrassing to him, right? It was very embarrassing to him.
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