US President Donald Trump says he is “very thankful” to Russian President Vladimir Putin for expelling 755 U.S. diplomats from Russia because eliminating their payrolls have cut government costs.
His remarks were made recently as he addressed for the first time Russia’s kicking out the hundreds of U.S. diplomats and staff from their nation at the end of July
“I want to thank him because we’re trying to cut down our payroll and as far as I’m concerned I’m very thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll”, Yahoo news quoted Trump as saying.
“There’s no real reason for them to go back. I greatly appreciate the fact that we’ve been able to cut our payroll of the United States. We’re going to save a lot of money”, he added.