Tim Kaine Quotes

Governor Pence said, inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than President Obama.

Donald Trump is taking flak from the media, establishment republicans and all the democrats for merely stating the obvious and the truth: Vladimir Putin is much more of a leader than President Obama.

Putin is a better leader than Obama, because Obama's not a leader, so he's certainly doing a better job than Obama is, and that's all.

I think it's inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in this country.

President Obama and Vladimir Putin are both in China attending the same economic summit. Obama saw Putin and said, 'After those midterms, it's nice to finally see a friendly face.'

I think I'd have a good relationship with Putin. Who knows? He's been a leader far more than Barack Obama has been a leader.

You look at what Vladimir Putin is doing with President Obama. He's, like, toying with him. He's toying with him.

People say, 'Oh, you don't like China?' No, I love them. But their leaders are much smarter than our leaders, and we can't sustain ourself with that.

We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed.

To the future President of the United States.

It's a strong country, but Mr. Obama seems to be doing everything he can to hold it back.

I do think it's fair to say that there are times when President Obama has not been engaged enough with the Middle East.

If I had to fault President [Barack] Obama, I would say that sometimes governs like a visitor from a morally superior civilization.

With any president it is difficult to predict how the world will be effected by his presence in the white house.

The president-elect seems to want Russia as a friend. President Obama arguably has not wanted to say that Russia is that great of a threat.

It was quite a sight to see Obama next to President Hu. Obama has a Nobel Peace Prize in his basement, and Hu has a Nobel Peace Prize winner in his.

You don't have to be smart to act - look at the outgoing president of the United States.

First of all, Bill Clinton was an extremely good president and more importantly, the country was in a very good position when he actually walked away.

I didn't say I would cut off all communication with [Vladimir] Putin. What I said was as president of the United States, now is not the time to talk with him.

Donald Trump is a way better leader than Hillary Clinton.

I know Vladimir Putin. He respects strength. He lied to our president's [Barack Obama] face; didn't both to tell him about warplanes and troops going into Syria. We need to speak to him from a position of strength.

I do respect Putin. I respect a lot of people. But that doesn't mean I'm going get along with him.

Barack Obama will go down alongside George W. Bush in that realm as middling presidents because both made too many mistakes to be categorized as an effective, good president.

Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander-in-chief.

I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought he was.