Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin “genius” while slamming President Joe Biden. As his attacks on democracy escalate, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has a response:
‘As a matter of policy, we try not to take advice from anyone who praises President Putin, and his military strategy, which I believe is what happened there, expresses an openness to lifting sanctions about the seizing of territory in Crimea or has at any point in time told the G7 that Crimea is part of Russia regardless if they are a former president, so that is a bit of a different tactic, a bit of different approach and that is probably why President Biden, and not his predecessor was able to rally the world and the global community in taking steps against Russia’s aggression.’
As a result of that invasion, President Biden announced new sanctions, CNN World reported. They were against “Russian oligarchs and financial institutions, while vowing that his administration would work with Germany to kill the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.”
Trump appeared on a far-right radio talk show hosted by Clay Travis and Buck Sexton when he was handed this question:
‘This White House is stating that this is an “invasion.” That’s a strong word. What went wrong here? What has the current occupant of the Oval Office done that he could have done differently?’
Trump answered:
‘What went wrong was a rigged election and what went wrong is a candidate that shouldn’t be there and a man that has no concept of what he’s doing.’
Then the ex-president called Putin “genius:”
‘I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, “This is genius.” Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine—of Ukraine. Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful. So, Putin is now saying, “It’s independent,” a large section of Ukraine. I said, “How smart is that?” And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper.’
After that Trump said he knew Putin “very well. Very, very well,” and he is “very savvy:”
‘That’s the strongest peace force. We could use that on our southern border. That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen. There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re gonna keep peace all right. No, but think of it. Here’s a guy who’s very savvy, I know him very well. Very, very well.’
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