Trump said lying about Russia made his job difficult – RBC

The former president said that because of the accusations of collusion with Russia, the United States became for him the most problematic country of those with which he had to deal

Donald Trump said lying about Russia made his job difficult when he was US president. Broadcast of his speech at a rally of supporters in Arizona led TV channel C-SPAN.

“I am often asked <...> with which country was the most difficult. With Russia? Or maybe with China or North Korea? With Iran? I answer: “No.” The most difficult country is the United States of America. We have crazy people here who create fakes about “Russia, Russia, Russia” – everything is made up, everything is fabricated, ”said the ex-president.

Trump during his presidency began to be accused of collusion with Russia. In particular, it was about an attempt by Russia to interfere in the US presidential election in 2016 in order to influence the outcome of the vote and achieve a Republican victory.

In 2017, American intelligence published a report on this topic. Intelligence “with a high degree of certainty” believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a campaign to interfere in the US presidential election, the document says. The Kremlin dismissed the accusations contained in the report as unsubstantiated.