Spicer said Trump has been "extremely tough on Russia," unlike the Obama administration, which allowed Russia to annex Crimea -- and to prove his point, he cited Nikki Haley's tough speech at the U.N. In other words, nothing whatever that Trump himself has said, because he hasn't said anything that expresses toughness toward Russia.
Throughout the period since Flynn's announcement about 18 hours before, the story had been that Flynn was resigning; according to Spicer, Trump had lost confidence in Flynn and demanded his resignation.
Spicer said Trump had been informed about 18 days earlier that Flynn had misinformed (or lied to) Mike Pence, telling him that he (Flynn) had not discussed the subject of sanctions with the Russian ambassador in a telephone call that took place on the day the sanctions were announced. Yet Flynn remained in his position; the only thing that occurred to change the situation was three weeks later, when The Washington Post reported it. Would Flynn have resigned (or been fired) if the situation had not been made public?
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