Trump advocates improving relations with Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. should improve relations with other countries, including Russia.

"They always say, ‘Trump is radical, he is off the — he is too radical, he will get us in wars,’" Trump said at a rally on Thursday in Latrobe, Pa. "I kept you out of wars. What happened in North Korea? I got along with Kim Jong-un. They said that’s terrible. It’s good that I get along."

"If I get along with Russia, is that a good thing or bad thing?" Trump asked the crowd at the rally. "I think it's a good thing."

"Getting along with countries and a good — is a good thing. It is a very good thing, not a bad thing. It is a very good thing," The New York Times cited the U.S. leader as saying.