”It’s unfortunate the previous administration left us with a huge price tag and we want to sit down and explain how we believe that the cost of a national issue should not be on the backs of our cities,” the New York City mayor said.

"At the same time, Russia fully ensured preparations for the rotation [...]. Through its actions, the neo-Nazi regime once again demonstrated its unwillingness to negotiate and its terrorist nature," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

“Many conservatives and some Republicans have fantasized for decades about laying off bureaucrats and shrinking the government. Nobody’s ever pulled it off," the outlet summed up.

"I think the Democrat Party just hasn't figured out who they are, but they've decided to fight against the very issue that most Americans really care about," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene added.

The conversation set the stage for continued cooperation at the department level, including security and special services, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergei Naryshkin added.

“I would like a deal done with Iran. I would prefer that to bombing the hell out of it,” Trump told the New York Post earlier this month.