Putin doesn't need to say anything about it.
His actions are louder than words.
After all, Putin is your guys "action man."
Yet we know that your guy Putin the chess master never played chess against anyone he couldn't put in jail.
Or have shot outside the Kremlin no less.
Or poisoned in a democratic country such as UK that is the USA principal ally.
China and Russia are bigger threats to the US than terrorism, claims Department of Defense
Both China and Russia are trying to ‘replace the free and open order’ that the US enjoys, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said, adding that he wants the ‘lethality’ of the US military to increase
20 Jan 2018
US defence secretary Jim Mattis has declared China and Russia bigger threats to the US than terrorism, and has called for the ‘lethality’ of the American military force to be increased. Pictured: Chinese soldiers in July last year. Photo: AFP/China OUT
China and Russia are bigger threats to the US than terrorism, claims Department of Defense | South China Morning Post
Bringing the troops home now out of fear of Putin's bounties against 'em is what Putin built Trump to do. Putin also built Trump to separate USA from its allies and treaty partners and to cozy up to dictator tyrant rulers every where and any where. Putin built Trump to isolate the USA from the global order it constructed and that has precluded yet another world war. You seem to forget also that the USA military specialty is to win world wars.