For saving us money that is. Troll in Chief. Current and former U.S. diplomats reacted to President Trump's comments thanking Russian President Vladimir Putin for expelling U.S. embassy workers with dismay. “As far as I'm concerned I'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll,” Trump said at a briefing at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Thursday. "We'll save a lot of money," he added. http://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/...thanking-putin-expelling-us/story?id=49148226