Rep. Adam Smith David (Adam) Adam SmithWhen 'Buy American' and common sense collide Overnight Defense: Marine Corps brushes off criticism of Marines' appearance in GOP convention video | US troops injured in collision with Russian vehicle in Syria | Dems ask for probe of Vindman retaliation allegations Democrats press Pentagon watchdog to probe allegations of retaliation against Vindman brothers MORE (D-Wash.) wants President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE to be as tough on Vladimir Putin as he is on CNN when he meets the Russian president Friday.

“I wish he treated Vladimir Putin more like he treats CNN,” Smith said on CNN this week.

“It’s not just the U.S. elections that the Russians have hacked into and influenced and manipulated. They’ve been doing it for quite some time.”

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Smith said Putin is using low-cost options such as cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns to “undermine liberal democracy every place he can,” adding that Putin’s actions “border on an act of war.”

He said that for “someone with as much bluster as Donald Trump throws around every day,” Smith wishes the president would stand up to a world leader who is “threatening democracy and undermining countries all across the globe.”

Top aides to Trump are reportedly worried about Trump being too friendly with Putin by not bringing up Russia's meddling in last year's presidential election, which Trump publicly doubted again Thursday morning.

Some advisers even called for Fiona Hill, a Russia expert on the National Security Council, to come along to the meeting to keep the pair from becoming too friendly.

They also worry that the two leaders will bond over distrust of the media.