Then the ad moves to Trump basking in the Russian’s praise on national TV.
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The Kasich campaign even set up a Trump-Putin2016.com website.
A day after a poll showed that almost a third of Republican respondents would support the bombing of a fictional Arabian kingdom, the GOP presidential race took another turn for the surreal on Saturday with the announcement that frontrunner Donald Trump had named Vladimir Putin as his running mate.
“People say, ‘What do you mean?’ I just think we would”.
The release, which comes after a week of Putin and Trump exchanging pleasantries, said Putin “readily accepted Trump’s offer” to be vice president.
The website features a video montage of some of Trump’s more questionable comments and photos of a shirtless Putin on horseback. We have such incompetent leadership that we’re going all over the place.
Russian Federation launched a bombing campaign in Syria on September 30 at the request of al-Assad that Moscow says is targeting Islamic State and other jihadists groups mixed in among the rebel factions. “Of course we welcome it”.
Another series of outrage occurred among ex-staffers and friends in Romney’s camp following Trump’s refusal to condemn the Russian leader for allegations the Kremlin has killed high-profile journalists critical of Putin, saying “our country does plenty of killing also”.
In response, Trump said “It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond”.
Earlier Friday, on Morning Joe, Trump praised Putin, saying, “He’s running this country, and at least he’s a leader, you know, unlike what we have in this country”.
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The real Donald Trump, who was campaigning in Iowa on Saturday, did not immediately respond.
