“He’s running his country and at least he’s a leader, unlike what we have in this country”, Trump said when asked by “Morning Joe” Republican host Joe Scarborough about Putin’s alleged killing of journalists and political opponents.
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Vladimir Putin appears to be mutual respect for Trump. if the Russian president’s latest comments are any indication.
The incident in which one pilot and a Russian marine of the rescue party were killed, strained the traditionally warm relations between Russia and Turkey, and Russia promptly slapped economic sanctions on Turkey. “Certainly, we welcome it”, Putin said. “I don’t understand why they did it. What have they achieved?”
Various news organizations reported that Kerry indicated the United States may be willing to go along with giving Assad a role during a transition period leading to elections in Syria, while Russian Federation may be willing to agree with Assad stepping down at the end of that transition period.
Colonel Andrei Semonov said the device, located near the tail of the plane, had been damaged by the Turkish air-to-air missile as well as by its impact with the ground.
Washington and UN Syrian envoy Staffan de Mistura want Assad’s regime and the armed groups ranged against him to send delegates to peace talks some time on or after January 1. “Putin respects fighters and he respects aggression and he doesn’t respect sort of calm and deliberation”, Gessen said. On striking truck drivers, whose protests over a new tax have paralyzed traffic in some Russian cities, Putin said that they have a point and the government will ease the amounts they have to pay.
Dronov said 14 countries had been invited to monitor the investigation but only China and the United Kingdom had accepted. But he gave no details, and rejected calls for Mr Assad to be barred from talks on Syria’s future.
He added: “Every person has a right for their fate, they live their own life and do it with dignity”. “This is not a serious burden for the budget…” He praised Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi for his “remarkable personal courage” in the fight against terrorism and said the flights will resume once Russian and Egyptian officials work out the necessary safety measures, including the presence of Russian experts at Egyptian airports.
“Someone in the Turkish leadership may have chose to lick the Americans in some of their private parts” in the hope that Washington would turn a blind eye to Turkey’s deployment of additional troops to Iraq if they down a Russian plane, Putin said.
The president batted away questions on everything from Russia’s ailing economy to rampant corruption and media efforts to identify his two mysterious daughters.
“Sure, when people call you “brilliant” it’s always good”.
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Trump has insisted on the campaign trail that he’d get along with Putin better than Obama does, and the Russian leader said he welcomed the embrace. “How can we not welcome that?” Of course not! For the rest of us, though, it does provide a certain amount of entertainment value.
