Trump says he's doing 'many things' that are the 'exact opposite' of what putin wants

President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. Carlos Barria | Reuters Vladimir Putin

would be better off with Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump said in an interview with The Christian Broadcasting Network. Trump told CBN, in an interview published

Wednesday, that his focus on defense spending and energy is "what Putin doesn't like about me." The president also asserted that Clinton "wouldn't have spent money

on the military." Regarding the energy sector, Trump told CBN: "When I want tremendous energy, we're opening up coal, we're opening up natural gas, we're opening up

fracking, all the things that he would hate, but nobody ever mentions that." "So there are many things that I do that are the exact opposite of what he would want," Trump said

to CBN. The president's comments come amid renewed turmoil following reports that his eldest son met with an attorney with Kremlin ties. On Tuesday, Trump Jr. released email exchanges

setting up that meeting. One of those emails said the Russian lawyer claimed to have "high level and sensitive information" that would incriminate Clinton as part of "Russia

and its government's support" for his father's presidential campaign. The president hasn't been able to shake the public scrutiny as multiple investigations examine

Moscow's efforts to meddle in the 2016 election and whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin. Trump has repeatedly denied collusion. Read more from Trump's interview at

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