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"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"

— Donald Trump on Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 in a tweet

"GWB's honest assessment of Putin"

Has Donald Trump 'been much tougher on Russia' than Barack Obama?

By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel on Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 at 5:16 p.m.

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Our ruling

Trump said, "I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"

There’s broad agreement that on election meddling, Obama’s actions — while arguably insufficient to the threat at hand — were
stronger than Trump’s. On a broader geopolitical level, there has been a significant degree of consistency between the Obama and
Trump administrations in actual U.S. policy, and even a few examples where Trump has gone further than Obama did. That said,
Trump’s own record of Russia- and Putin-friendly comments have sent contrary messages about U.S. policy toward Russia.

We rate Trump’s statement Mostly False.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/feb/20/donald-trump/has-donald-trump-been-much-tougher-russia-barack-o/