Ukraine, former president Trump: "Putin is a genius". Then the attack on Biden: "A weak one"
While the White House announces sanctions against Moscow, the former American leader compliments the head of the Kremlin: "He really knows how to do it. But he wouldn't have behaved like this with me"
Washington (United States), February 22, 2022 - While Joe Biden has announced heavy sanctions against Moscow, Donald Trump's 'compliments' have come towards Vladimir Putin. "This is a genius", so the former US president commented on the Russian leader's statements regarding the sending of a 'peacekeeping' force to Ukraine. Trump, quoted by the BBC, then added: "It must be said that he really knows how to do it. And do you know what Biden's answer was? There was no answer".
On a TV show, the former White House tenant, who had previously stated that with him as president the Tsar would never invade Ukraine, said he watched him make his speech to the nation. "Putin declares that a large portion of Ukraine, I mean Ukraine, is independent. That is, it's fantastic. I said: but how smart he is! And now he enters us as a peacekeeper, that is, with the most powerful peacekeeping force. We could we too can do it on our southern border, "joked Trump, referring to the border with Mexico.
Donald Trump did not fail to boast of his friendship with Vladimir Putin: "I know him very well and I can say with the Trump administration he would never have done what he is doing now, absolutely not", said the former president accusing Joe Biden's "weakness." "Putin is not only getting what he always wanted - he attacked - but he is becoming richer and richer due to the surge in oil and gas prices."
