WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump held an impromptu interview and gaggle on the White House north garden Friday.
Trump confronted questions on immigration, North Korea and the FBI's Inspector General report, which he says "totally exonerates" him and proves "there was no collusion" and "no obstruction."
The 500-page report from the Inspector General's workplace concluded that former FBI Director James Comey was negligent in following protocol throughout the investigation into Hillary Clinton's personal electronic mail server.
But the report factors out that Comey didn't act out of political bias.
"I think I did the country a tremendous favor by firing him," stated Trump.
On North Korea, Trump says he needs to have a "good relationship" with Kim Jong Un to stop nuclear struggle.
"I don't want to see a nuclear weapon destroy you and your family," Trump stated. "Seoul has 28 million people 30 miles off the border, you would have had 30, 40, 50 million people killed. Who knows what would have happened. I came in, that was what I inherited."
In the wake of the G-7, Trump stated "it's possible" he'll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin this summer time and would really like to see Russia again in the summit with western allies.
"It's much better if we get along with them than if we don't," stated Trump.
In 2014, Russia was kicked out of what was then the G-Eight after invading the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine.
Trump blamed the aggressive act by Russia and the lack of US response as Obama's "fault."
"President Obama lost Crimea, just so you understand. This was long before I got there," Trump stated.
The commander in chief additionally blamed Democrats for the immigration coverage presently separating households at the border.
Trump is scheduled to spend Father's Day at the White House with deliberate calls to North Korea and French President Emanuel Macron.