Donald Trump sought to claim some credit for Indiana Governor Mike Pence's positively reviewed performance in yesterday's vice-presidential debate.
The GOP presidential nominee also tried to distance himself from Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he has praised in the past and whom Pence criticised sharply in the debate.
"I'm getting a lot of credit because that's really my first so-called choice," Trump said of Pence at a rally here in the Las Vegas area. "That was my first hire."
Trump said the debate was a chance for the country to get an up-close view of "my judgment."
"I'd argue that Mike had the single most decisive victory in the history of vice-presidential debates," he said.