CNN Montage: Things Trump Has Said About Putin

EXCERPT:

LETTERMAN: "This Vladimir Putin, have you ever met the guy?"
TRUMP: "Tough guy. I met him once."
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TRUMP: "And I got to know him very well because we were both on '60 Minutes.' We were stablemates and we did very well that night."
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TRUMP: "And the biggest thing we have is that we were on '60 Minutes' together and we had fantastic ratings, one of your best rated shows in a long time. So that was good, right? We were stablemates."
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TRUMP: "I have nothing to do with Putin. I have never spoken to him. I don't know anything about him other than he will respect me."
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TRUMP: "I never met Putin. This is not my best friend."
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TRUMP: "I don't know the gentleman."
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TRUMP: "I don't know Putin. I have no idea."
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TRUMP: "Well, I have no relationship with him other than he called me a genius. He said, 'Donald Trump is a genius.'"