Asked about a possible upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump referred to his July summit in Helsinki with the Russian leader.
"I had a very, very good meeting -- a very, very good meeting with President Putin, and a lot was discussed about security, about Syria, about Ukraine, about the fact that President Obama allowed a very large part of Ukraine to be taken," Trump said.
When the reporter pointed out that "was President Putin who annexed Crimea, sir," Trump insisted on his version of history.
"That was President Obama's regime. That was during President Obama. Right?" Trump said. "That was not during me. No, that was President Obama."
"But it was President Putin who did the annexation," the reporter said.
"No, no. It was President Obama that allowed it to happen," Trump said. "It had nothing to do with me."