president trump tweeting about this exchange with putin, are you okay with that? the latest, great move on delay by v. putin, i always knew he was very smart. are you all right with that? you know, here s why i am okay with it. it s donald trump s way of bypassing a media that will never accurately filter were reflect or portray what he s say. dump can do more in 120 characters than the the new york times can do in its sunday paper. it s a brilliant stroke. he says he plans to continue to do it. it will be interesting. thanks for being here tonight. advisers to the president-elect aren t the only one to suggest that putin is engage in a ploy. the article in the dailily beas raises more questions about the russian president s intentions with a headline that reads, quote, putin outfoxed obama,
wants to have happen and that is to be taken lightly, to be ignored, to be treated contemptuously and that is what putin is doing to obama. and by saving his praise for trump, he s saying there s a new sheriff coming to town, we ll deal with imh. this guy obama is irrelevant. that s a strategic move on putin s part. he s no friend to the united states and he s not looking after our best interest. but donald trump is not looking at russia s best interest. these are two smart guys sizing each other up in the ring but i believe they bring to the table something that putin did not have for obama and they is they have respect for each other. i don t think putin has any respect for obama. well, ambassador bolton, he s suggesting that the same-sexes th sanctions should be tougher and that stands in stark
president-elect trump s answer. reporter: one of his top priorities in the first week of the new year is to great briefed by high ranking officials about the evidence that they have that makes them so sure it was russia and not somebody else trying to impact the november result. mr. trump agreed to hear these officials out a day after dismissing intel about russia insisting instead that in the age of computers nobody knows what s going on. and just weeks after he said people pushing a story line about russian hackers trying to throw the election in his favor were embarrassed about hillary clinton s loss, trying to explain that away. transition officials said this morning that the president-elect has no plans to privately reach out to mr. putin about the obama administration s punishment until after he gets the intel briefing next week. but he has publicly reached out to the russian leader giving him
reporter: one of his top priorities in the first week of the new year is to great briefed by high ranking officials about the evidence that they have that makes them so sure it was russia and not somebody else trying to impact the november result. mr. trump agreed to hear these officials out a day after dismissing intel about russia insisting instead that in the age of computers nobody knows what s going on. and just weeks after he said people pushing a story line about russian hackers trying to throw the election in his favor were embarrassed about hillary clinton s loss, trying to explain that away. transition officials said this morning that the president-elect has no plans to privately reach out to mr. putin about the obama administration s punishment until after he gets the intel briefing next week. but he has publicly reached out to the russian leader giving him a hat tip for pledging not to