TRUMP CLAIMED HE WOULD GET ALONG “VERY WELL” WITH PUTIN AND SAID HE WAS A GOOD LEADER Donald Trump Said Russian President Vladimir Putin Is Getting An “A” For His Leadership. “During their interview Tuesday night, O’Reilly pressed Trump on his recently released tax plan and about Russian President Vladimir Putin supporting Syrian President Bashar al Assad. ‘I think in terms of leadership, he’s getting an A and our president is not doing so well—they did not look good together,’ Trump said before adding that there’s ‘very little downside’ to Putin fighting ISIS in Syria.” [Politico, 9/29/15; The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News, 9/19/15] Trump Said He And Putin Would Get Along “Very Well.” “‘Putin – who I would get along with very well… he can’t stand Obama,’ Trump said, commenting on his ability to get along very well with people.” [Breitbart, 8/11/15; Genesee and Saginaw Republican Party's Lincoln Day dinner, 8/11/15] Trump: Putin “Is Doing A Great Job.” TRUMP: “If you look at what's happened with this country in terms of the prestige and all of the other great things that we -- we're losing it rapidly. Now, they're talking about China. They're talking about Russia. They're talking about India. Look at Putin -- what he's doing with Russia -- I mean, you know, what's going on over there. I mean this guy has done -- whether you like him or don't like him -- he's doing a great job.”[Larry King Live, CNN, 10/15/07] TRUMP ON PUTIN’S MILITARY DECISIONS: “HE DOES WHAT HE HAS TO DO” Donald Trump: When Vladimir Putin Rolls In Soldiers To Cause Destruction And Shoots Down Airplanes, “Well, He Does What He Has To Do.” TRUMP: “[Putin] is not representing us. He is representing Russia. So, I mean, you know, if he can make a deal because we have stupid leadership, I would say it's the right thing to do for Russia.” BILL O’REILLY: “But he doesn’t make deals he just rolls soldiers in to cause destruction and shoots down airplanes. What did you think when Rubio said —“ TRUMP: “Well, he does what he has to do.” [The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News, 11/11/15] SAUDI ARABIA Trump Wanted Saudi Arabia To Pay The U.S. For Their Support. “Trump, who has repeatedly portrayed Mexico, Japan, and China as ‘ripping us off,’ shifted his focus to Saudi Arabia in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press. ‘They should pay us,’ Trump said of the oil rich nation. ‘Like it or don’t like it, people have backed Saudi Arabia. What I really mind, though, is we back it at tremendous expense. We get nothing for it.’ Trump portrayed the U.S. financial relationship with Saudi Arabia as outdated. ‘The primary reason we're with Saudi Arabia is because we need the oil,’ Trump said. ‘Now we don't need the oil so much, and if we let our people really go, we wouldn't need the oil at all and we could let everybody else fight it out.’ The U.S. currently imports more than one million barrels of Saudi Arabian oil each day, according to the U.S. State Department's website….’Saudi Arabia, if it weren’t for us, they wouldn’t be here,’ Trump said. ‘They wouldn’t exist.’” [Bloomberg, 8/16/15] SOUTH KOREA Confidential Page 97