[fr_freak]

If I were Putin, I could not resist screwing with the US Media’s heads, by saying something like “For myself, of course I would have much preferred to see Mrs. Clinton as President...”

Putin's not stupid. He's seriously screwing with people just by releasing this statement. Why would the Russian President give a damn if American people are showing disrespect to their president? He wouldn't, that's why. But he knows all about the controversy over here, and the "Russia Russia Russia" investigations, and he's just pissing gasoline into the fire.

[Ciexyz]

Putin is playing to his audience at home, reinforcing the image that Americans are idiots and yahoos thereby suggesting Russians should be glad they live in Russia and not in the USA.