Donald Trump has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin would have preferred if Hillary Clinton was in the White House, as she would not have spent as much as he intends to on the US military.
Mr Trump made these statements as federal investigators probe whether Trump campaign advisers colluded with the Russian government to help him win the 2016 US election, and amid a growing scandal around an undisclosed meeting between his eldest son, Donald Jr, and a Russian lawyer last year.
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