President Donald Trump on Friday said it was former President Barack Obama's fault that Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea in 2014.

Trump claimed this was because Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't "respect" Obama.

Trump made similar comments regarding Obama and Crimea at the recent G7 summit in Canada, where he called for Russia to be readmitted to the group.

President Donald Trump on Friday said it was former President Barack Obama's fault that Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea in 2014.

"President Obama lost Crimea just so you understand, this was before I got there," Trump said while speaking with reporters outside of the White House. "President Obama lost Crimea."

Trump claimed this was because Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't "respect" Obama.

"President Obama lost Crimea because president Putin didn't respect President Obama, didn't respect our country and didn't respect Ukraine," Trump said.

Trump made similar comments regarding Obama and Crimea at the recent G7 summit in Canada, where he called for Russia to be readmitted to the group.

"Whether you like it or not, and it may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run," the president said at the time. "And in the G7, which used to be the G8 — they threw Russia out — they should let Russia come back in because we should have Russia at the negotiating table."

Russia was kicked out of the group in 2014 due to its annexation of Crimea.

At the G7 summit, Trump also reportedly told world leaders Crimea is part of Russia because everyone living there speaks Russian. Roughly 58% of the Crimean population is ethnically Russian.

With that said, the US and most of the international community have condemned Russia for its annexation of Crimea and stand with Ukraine in claiming the peninsula as part of its territory. In this context, Trump's comments arguably go against the US government's official position on this matter.