Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has expressed surprise over Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent endorsement of Vice President Camala Harris for November's election speaking at the New York economic Club Trump admitted he was not sure how to respond to Putin's support for Harris I don't know if I should be insulted or if he did me a favor Trump said Putin commenting from a Russian economic Forum said that while Biden was his initial preference he would now support Harris he even joked that Harris's Lively demeanor suggested she would be less likely to impose sanctions on Russia the National Security Council swiftly condemned Putin's comments urging him to stop interfering in American elections