tweeting. writing, bernie sanders supporters have every right to be apoplectic of the complete theft of the dem primary by crooked hillary. then, i always felt i would be running and winning against bernie sanders, not crooked h without cheating, i was right. he returned to attacking the media for not focussing enough on the democrats in 2016. before taking off, mr. trump promising the trip will be productive. >> we'll be enlisting the help of a lot of people and countries will see what happens, but i think we're going to have a very successful trip. there is a lot of good will. >> reporter: but his efforts abroad continue to be overshadowed by issues at home. the special counsel investigation into his campaign's ties to russia has now netted a plea deal and two arrests, including his former campaign chairman paul manafort. and the president, who as late as last week bragged about his impressive memory, claims he does not remember a meeting with former adviser george papadopoulos, who recently pled guilty to lying to the fbi as part of the special counsel