Donald Trump just tweeted exactly what we have been waiting for him to tweet https://t.co/b8H2NxUOUK — Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) December 30, 2016

Yesterday, Donald Trump’s response to President Obama’s sanctions against left a lot of people scratching their heads. After asserting that “it’s time for our country to move on,” he said he’d be briefed on the situation by intelligence officials — next week.

But as it turns out, that response was nothing compared to what he had to say this afternoon:

Trump compliments Putin again: “Very smart!" https://t.co/567vloaMUz — Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 30, 2016

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Trump on Twitter praises Russian president Putin for holding off on retaliatory actions, calls him 'very smart' — Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) December 30, 2016

This is not a drill:

Great move on delay (by V. Putin) – I always knew he was very smart! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2016

It gets worse:

HE PINNED THE TWEET pic.twitter.com/1nDHRw6qNl — Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) December 30, 2016

Pardon our French, but what in the ever-loving hell is he thinking?

Obama: Putin is bad and I am imposing more sanctions Paul Ryan: Putin is bad & sanctions should've happened long ago Trump: Putin is smart https://t.co/b8H2NxUOUK — Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) December 30, 2016

He’s gonna stop tweeting once he’s elected. Right? Right???

I'm normally very libertarian on free speech issues but I think I'd be ok with Congress restricting POTUS from tweeting. ? https://t.co/mzliEakrFW — Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) December 30, 2016

Please. Because this kind of public Putin ass-kissing crap is not OK.

If you and Putin could maybe stop trolling America, that would be great.

Thanks. https://t.co/YC8AUmBW99 — Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) December 30, 2016

.@realDonaldTrump Hope you realize that #Russia president is playing you. — Steven Pifer (@steven_pifer) December 30, 2016

Anyone else get the impression that Putin is playing chess and Trump is playing "Chutes and Ladders?" https://t.co/bmDhQDLJN2 — Derf (@fredontwittur) December 30, 2016

You've gotta be fucking kidding me… …. but you're not, are you? And it's only going to get worse. https://t.co/PIwytyJjI4 — Jonathan Cristol (@jonathancristol) December 30, 2016

@realDonaldTrump gives continuous praise to a dictator who kills journalists. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ — Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) December 30, 2016

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GOP is now the Party of Putin https://t.co/nX2Q4XTnk9 — Philip Klein (@philipaklein) December 30, 2016

Pathetic. He made it his pinned tweet. We are screwed. https://t.co/34uj5MsWzc — (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) December 30, 2016

Feel like a little icing on the cake?

The Russian Embassy in the US just retweeted Trump pic.twitter.com/XQNbqmIqxs — Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 30, 2016

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.

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