Trump says if any foreign governments have dirt on his 2020 opponent, “I think I'd want to hear it”
is finally willing to say aloud what he’s clearly been thinking: there was nothing wrong with talking to the Russians in 2016, and he’d totally do it again if given the chance. Asked in an interview with
what he would do if foreign officials contacted his campaign again with dirt on a 2020 opponent, Trump told“I think you might want to listen. There’s nothing wrong with listening,” the president continues in the interview, an excerpt of which aired Wednesday evening. “If somebody called from a country—Norway—we have information on your opponent. Oh, I think I’d want to hear it.”
Trump added that he probably wouldn’t bother to tell the F.B.I. about it, either. “I’ve seen a lot of things over my life, I don’t think in my whole life I’ve ever called the F.B.I.,” Trump said when Stephanopoulos asked ifshould have told the F.B.I. about the contact that led to his Trump Tower meeting. “You don’t call the FBI. You throw somebody out of your office, you do whatever you have to do.” When Stephanopoulos pointed out that former presidential candidatetold the F.B.I.
Trump claimed that accepting foreign intel wouldn't be an issue, since it would just be considered “oppo research” that all campaigns eagerly accept. “If I thought there was something wrong, I’d go maybe to the F.B.I,” Trump said. “If I thought there was something wrong. But when somebody comes up with oppo research, right. . . . Oh, let’s call the F.B.I. The F.B.I. doesn’t have enough agents to take care of it.
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