Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Problem:Bridgewater (CNN) President Donald Trump said Friday that he was being sarcastic when he thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday for expelling hundreds of American diplomats from the country. When asked if he meant his remarks about Putin sarcastically, Trump told reporters, "Absolutely. I think you know that I think you know that." Trump's remarks echo White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders' characterization of his comments. "He was being sarcastic," Sanders said earlier Friday. Trump's comments to reporters Friday came after a meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in Bedminster, New Jersey. Tillerson told reporters Friday that the United States will have a response to Russia over the expelled diplomats by September 1."He was being sarcastic," Sanders saidThe remark instantly reverberated in Washington 
 Questions:Though he has acknowledged _ was likely involved, he has also suggested it could have been other countries and rouge actors. (A) Bridgewater (B) CNN (C) Donald Trump (D) Russian (E) Vladimir Putin (F) American (G) Putin (H) Trump (I) White House (J) Sarah Huckabee Sanders (K) Sanders (L) Rex Tillerson (M) United Nations (N) Nikki Haley (O) Bedminster (P) New Jersey (Q) Tillerson (R) United States (S) Washington
Solution:
(D)