Sure, Trump Opposes Killing Journalists

I don't know if Trump doesn't make the connection between Putin's popularity in Russia and his silencing the people who would criticize him or if he understands it very well and doesn't see the problem with it. After all, Donald Trump has pointed out that between 50% to 75% of the media are scum.  Absolute scum. And he's singled out reporters by name for saying things he does not like.

But sure. Killing them would be going too far.