"I think I would take it": in an exclusive interview, Trump says that he would listen if the aliens offered dirt to his opponents

President Donald Trump may not warn the FBI if foreign governments offer damaging information to his 2020 rivals in the next presidential race, he said, despite the flood of investigations arising from interactions of his campaign with the Russians during the 2016 campaign.

Anchor of the head of the ABC News channel, George Stephanopoulos, questioned Wednesday in the oval office to know if his campaign would accept such information of foreigners – like China or Russia – or transmit them to the FBI, Trump answered: "I think you maybe both. "

"I think you might want to listen, there's nothing wrong with listening," Trump continued. "If someone calls from a country, Norway, [and said] "We have information about your opponent". Oh, I think I would like to hear it. "

President Trump made this remark during an exclusive interview with ABC News for two days, during which Stephanopoulos joined the president for a visit to Iowa and for a return to Washington for a day at the White House .

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Trump disputed the idea that if a foreign government provided information about a political opponent, it would be considered an interference in our electoral process.

"This is not an interference, they have information – I think I would take them," Trump said. "If I thought there was something wrong, I might go to the FBI – if I thought there was one." But when someone a fact of informal research, well, it does informal research ", call the FBI. The FBI does not have enough agents to deal with it. When you are going to talk, honestly, to a congressman, they are all doing it, they have always done it, and it is like that. This is what is called oppo research. "

President Trump lamented the attention paid to his son, Donald Trump Jr., for his role in the infamous Trump Tower meeting in June 2016. Stephanopoulos asked if Trump Jr. should have accepted the offer of "dirt" made by the Russians to this candidate of the time. Hillary Clinton at the FBI.

"Someone goes up and says," Hey, do I have information about your opponent, do you call the FBI? " "Trump answered.

"I'm going to tell you what, I've seen a lot of things over the course of my life.I do not think of all my life that I've ever called the FBI.In all my life." Do not call the FBI – you throw someone outside your office, you do what you do, "continued Trump." Oh, give me a break – life does not work that way. "

"The FBI director said it was what should happen," replied Stephanopoulos, referring to comments from FBI director Christopher Wray during his testimony before Congress last month, when he said: he told lawmakers that "the FBI would like to be aware" of any foreign election interference.

But on Wednesday, the president refuted Wray's sentiment.

"The FBI director is wrong, because frankly, it does not happen that way in life," said Trump. "Now maybe it'll start, maybe today, you'd think differently."

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