'What about me?' Trump gripes after revealing Putin respects Melania 'better' than him

President Donald Trump revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin respects First Lady Melania Trump more than her husband.

At a signing ceremony for the Take It Down Act — a bill to fight revenge porn — the U.S. president said he had recently spoken to Putin about ending the war in Ukraine.

"We just spent two and a half hours talking to Vladimir Putin," he explained. "And I think some progress has been made. It's a terrible situation going on over there; 5,000 young people every single week are being killed. So hopefully we did something."

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"America is blessed to have such a dedicated and compassionate first lady, I would tell you, she is very dedicated," he continued. "In fact, if you look at just what I heard, Putin just said they respect your wife a lot."

"I said, what about me? They like Melania better. That wasn't good."

Watch the video below from the White House.