President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE said Wednesday that Russia would "much rather" have Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE as president of the United States.

“I will tell you this about Russia, if they had anything on me, it would have come out a long time ago, probably a long time before I ran because they would have been much better off," Trump told Fox News's Sean Hannity.

"I hope we really get along well with them but they would have been a lot better off with Hillary Clinton as president," he continued.

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Trump said it would have been reasonable for Russia to back his former presidential opponent, claiming that she would have boosted Russia's place in global oil markets by hindering American oil and gas drilling.

“In terms of energy, in terms of oil and gas. Look at what we’re going with the energy, it's incredible in our country. That’s tremendous competition for Russia. Hillary wouldn’t let you drill: there’d be no oil, there’d be no gas, there’d be no anything to compete ... Russia would've much rather had Hillary than Donald Trump. I can tell you that right now," he added.

Trump's appearance on Hannity's show marked his first interview since the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's investigation.

Though Mueller's investigation reportedly did not find sufficient evidence to conclude that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election, the report did not exonerate Trump, according to a four-page summary from Attorney General William Barr Bill BarrProsecutor says no charges in Michigan toilet voting display Judge rules Snowden to give up millions from book, speeches The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy MORE.

Trump on Wednesday sought to dismiss the report's conclusions, doubling down on his claims that there was nothing to find.