"Vladimir Putin said today about Hillary and Dems: "In my opinion, it is humiliating. One must be able to lose with dignity." So true! " Trump tweeted. | AP Photo Trump quotes Putin in tweet slamming Clinton, Democrats

President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Friday evening that he agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her allies should "lose with dignity."

"Vladimir Putin said today about Hillary and Dems: "In my opinion, it is humiliating. One must be able to lose with dignity." So true! " Trump wrote.


Following allegations that Russia interfered with the 2016 election, Putin said at a press conference Friday: "The Democratic Party lost not only the presidential elections, but elections in the Senate and Congress ... Is that also my work?”

Putin wrote a letter to Trump dated Dec. 15, which the president-elect later released, where he said he hopes that after Trump assumes the presidency that the two leaders will be able to "take real steps to restore the frame of bilateral cooperation in different areas as well as bring our level of collaboration on the international scene to a qualitatively new level.”

Trump said of the letter: "A very nice letter from Vladimir Putin; his thoughts are so correct. I hope both sides are able to live up to these thoughts, and we do not have to travel an alternate path.”