russia back in while taking a not so veiled swipe at his predecessor. >> i've gone to numerous g7 meetings and i guess president obama because putin out smarted him thought it wasn't a good thing to have russia in so he wanted russia out. but i think it's much more appropriate to have russia in. it should be the g8 because a lot of the things we talk about have to do with russia. so i could certainly see it being the g8 again and if somebody would make that motion i would certainly be disposed to think about it very favorably. >> it was the member nations by the way of the g7 that forced russia out. this is not the first time trump has criticized barack obama for his response to putin's invasion of ukraine. we take you back to 2014. >> putin has eaten obama's lunch. >> vladimir putin. >> well, he's done an amazing job of taking the mantle and has