he s put himself really at the forefront of the world as a leader. putin has done an amazing job of showing certain leadership that our people have not been able to match. he would echo those sentiments many times in the years to come. russia. i mean, putin has an 80% popularity in his country. he s so outsmarting the united states. and all of a sudden, the people in russia like him. run by a very smart cookie. much smarter, much more cunning than our president. this is when trump began giving conflicting accounts about knowing putin. you have a relationship with slads mere putin. a conversational relationship? i do have a relationship. what is your relationship with vladimir putin? i have no relationship with putin. he would change his story repeatedly p.m. i know him very well. because we were both on 60 minutes. we were stable mates, we did very well that night. i don t know putin, i have never spoken to him, i don t know anything about him other