a sunday in november last year. president trump was asked about the crisis the following day, the following monday. he did not seem that concerned about it. we do not like what s happening. either way we don t like what s happening. yeah, either way. either way. i mean, what, you re asking about what russia did in shooting up those boats and taking all those sailors hostage from our ally, but we didn t like those sailors being there anyway in their own waters, in their own boats, they too were part of the problem. yeah, we didn t like either side of this. we didn t like either the old lady in the crosswalk or the speeding truck, frankly. russia was delighted with this answer. the washington post interviewed a deputy foreign minister to get his response to how president trump was addressing this crisis. quote, russian deputy foreign minister interpreted the calls for both sides to ease tensions as a signal even western