President Vladimir Putin said on June 2 that Donald Trump had run a better presidential campaign than Hillary Clinton and that U.S. intelligence agencies could have easily faked what he said was false evidence that Russia had hacked the Democratic Party.
Reuters: Putin praises Trump, says US spies may have faked hacking evidence
A mural depicting a winking Vladimir Putin taking off his Donald Trump mask is painted on a storefront outside of the Levee bar in Brooklyn on Feb. 25, 2017 in New York City.