Donald Trump spoke with Donald Drucker of The Washington Examiner by phone and told him that he was “stunned” that Russian President Putin invaded Ukraine. He thought Putin was negotiating when he sent troops.
“I’m surprised — I’m surprised. I thought he was negotiating when he sent his troops to the border. I thought he was negotiating,” Trump said. He added, “I thought it was a tough way to negotiate but a smart way to negotiate.”
“I figured he was going to make a good deal like everybody else does with the United States and the other people they tend to deal with — you know, like every trade deal. We’ve never made a good trade deal until I came along,” Trump added. “And then he went in — and I think he’s changed. I think he’s changed. It’s a very sad thing for the world. He’s very much changed.”
NO ONE WAS TOUGHER THAN HE WAS WITH RUSSIA
He was offended by claims that he downplayed his criticisms of Putin.
“I’ve been very, very tough on Putin. I get a bad rap on that,” Trump said, repeating his earlier claims that Putin would never have invaded Ukraine if he were still in office out of fear of how Trump would respond. “At the same time, I got along with him very well. But I got along with most [world leaders] very well.”
Democrats and Never Trumpers kept trying to impeach Donald Trump over what we now know were specious arguments and false evidence.
Trump approved sending lethal military assistance to Ukraine to help the country ramp up defenses against Russia. He also opposed the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany since it would help fund Russia’s military and make Europe subservient to them. Biden did the opposite, like approving the pipelines.
“When you think of it, who was tougher on Russia than me?” Trump asked.
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I have been keeping a close eye on DeSantis, and usually have had a favorable opinion of the guy. That might change, however, due to some of his recent comments when asked about the topic of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Not once have I heard DeSantis admit or acknowledge that this conflict is the direct fault of the neocon war mongering… Read more »
Like another poster said…..tired of seeing Russian folks in the Donbas region getting raped and murdered….while no one batted an eye. Now he does something, and George Soros, Lindsey Graham, Sean Hannity, Hillary Clinton, Trump, and all these guys want him out?!? We’ve been lied to so many times, but this time they’re telling the truth on Ukraine??? Aren’t these… Read more »
That is Trump’s public position. He may not have been well informed on events. We don’t know what our Intel withheld from him about Ukraine, we know they wanted to remove him. They would have downplayed the interference they were engaged in there. On negotiations, I think it was the US that was not negotiating, and giving Ukraine billions to… Read more »
Surprisingly the Ukrainians weren’t very enthusiastic about the EuroMaidan situation. It would be interesting to see whether it is still true today.
https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/poll-half-of-ukrainians-dont-support-kyiv-euromaidan-rb-334469.html
Has Putin really changed; not according to his statements since over a decade ago. It beginning to seem like Trump is leaning more to the NeoCons. He has repeatedly condemned McConnell, but I haven’t heard him say one negative thing about Lindsey Graham. Some of his endorsements have been rather questionable also. I’ve been having some concerns in a new… Read more »
He got tired of his comrades getting killed in the Donbas after 8 years? I thought Shrub looked into the soul of Pooty Poot? Good luck knowing the motivations of a KGB colonel and one online commenter said you don’t become an officer in the KGB while being a Christian. O/T-Massive house fire two subdivision sectors over and there is… Read more »