Article snippet: MORE’s report. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office they briefly addressed the outcome of the report, but lashed out at NBC's Kristen Welker who interjected to ask whether he warned Putin not to interfere, telling her “you are very rude.” “We didn’t discuss that. Really, we didn’t discuss it,” Trump said when asked a second time, adding they instead “went into great detail” on issues such as Venezuela, North Korea and nuclear arms control. Trump added that when the report was brought up, Putin “sort of smiled” and said “something to the effect that it started off being a mountain and ended up being a mouse.” The president said he agreed with Putin’s assessment of the Mueller report. Trump addressed his conversation with Putin hours after White House press secretary of the call, which she said lasted more than an hour. Sanders said the two men discussed Mueller’s probe “very, very briefly” but dodged when asked if Trump addressed the subject of election interference. “It was discussed essentially in the context of that it’s over and there was no collusion, which I’m pretty sure both leaders were well aware of long before this call took place,” she said. “Now they moved on to talk about those topics.” Trump said the discussion was focused on brokering a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia, and possibly China, as well as the crisis in Venezuela and denuclearizing North Korea. The president’s comments are sure to reignite criticism that he is not doing enough to ... Link to the full article to read more