Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump Saturday said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remarks that the Democrats are looking elsewhere for their defeat in the elections were “so true”.
“Vladimir Putin said today about Hillary and Dems: “In my opinion, it is humiliating. One must be able to lose with dignity.” So true!” Mr Trump tweeted.
At his annual news conference in Moscow Friday, Mr Putin said the Democrats “are losing on all fronts and looking elsewhere for things to blame”, The Washington Post reported.
“In my view, this, how shall I say it, degrades their own dignity. You have to know how to lose with dignity,” he said. The Democratic party and the Clinton Campaign have been blaming Russian hacking into their emails and servers for their loss.
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into the alleged Russian interference in US presidential elections.
Mr Putin criticised the Democrats for blaming him for their defeat. “Outstanding figures in American history from the ranks of the Democratic Party would likely be turning in their graves. Roosevelt certainly would be,” Mr Putin said.
“Trump understood the mood of the people and kept going until the end, when nobody believed in him... Except for you and me,” he added.
