to wonder about the credibility of anything he says or anything he releases. >> it is not the first time the president has defended his relationship to putin. >> no. >> listen to this exchange, an exchange he had with hillary clinton. listen to this. >>. >> from everything i see has no respect for this person. >> well, that's because he would rather have a puppet. >> no puppet. >> it is pretty clear. >> i remember it well. look, in a vacuum which is the president of the united states the president of the united states went out of his way to collect information related to his conversations with putin and keep them from people within his administration in a vacuum it