Donald Trump's interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network is the President's first with an outlet that is not Fox News in more than two months.
His last non-Fox interview was with NBC in which he revealed that Russia was a motivation in his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey.
CBN is viewed as sympathetic to Mr Trump. He gave the Christian station an interview early on in his presidency and he has chosen them again in the midst of the latest and most damning Russia related controversy.
Mr Trump told the interviewer he gets along "very, very well" with Vladimir Putin adding that he thinks the Russian leader would have preferred to have Hillary Clinton in the White House because he is the one who wants to beef up America's military.
The US President is trying to suggest that there is no reason for Mr Putin to have helped him during the 2016 campaign - the issue at the heart of the Russian lawyer meeting his son Don Jr is currently struggling to explain.
But anyone with a vague eye on foreign policy would strongly disagree with this.Vladimir Putin's dislike of Hillary Clinton has been well known for years especially since the 2011 protests against his presidency.
Then Secretary of State Clinton was blamed for motivating the hundreds of thousands who took to the Russian streets calling for free and fair elections - the first real challenge to Mr Putin's reign.
In his public testimony on Capitol Hill, sacked FBI Director James Comey talked about Mr Putin's "hatred" for Mrs Clinton.
Mr Trump's presidency offers many benefits for Russia - he seems easier to manipulate, less willing to criticise and punish for their election interference.
He has appointed a friend of Mr Putin's to head the State Department which has had a big cut in funding, something that pleases Russia.
A weaker NATO is also good for Russia and the possibility of sanctions being removed is far stronger under Mr Trump than it would have been under Mrs Clinton
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