When host Joe Scarborough noted that Putin is “a person that kills journalists, political opponents and invades countries”, Trump wouldn’t say a bad word about the strongman.
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“When people call you brilliant, it’s always good, especially when the person heads up Russia”, Trump said.
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Well, I mean, also is a person who kills journalists, political opponents and… “Obviously, that would be a concern, would it not?”
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Trump also earlier this year praised Putin as a better leader than Obama: “I will tell you that, in terms of leadership, he’s getting an “A” and our president is not doing so well”, Trump said on Fox.
“I think what Putin sees in Trump is somebody who’s shooting from the hip”, she said.
Putin and Trump also appear to share a similar global outlook, both viewing the world as largely a zero-sum game.
Censoring the Internet, killing innocent families of terrorists, supporting Syria’s bloody dictator-the two men have a lot of positions in common. “You asked me a different question, so that’s fine”.
A bit later, asked if he would condemn the killing of journalists, Trump replied, “Oh sure”.
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Over the course of three hours, Putin fielded dozens of questions from mostly domestic journalists on topics ranging from oil and power to murder and corruption. Trump said, despite USA wariness of Russia’s presence in Syria, which is mainly aimed at bolstering the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, who the Obama administration has called for to leave.
Trump on Friday argued that the USA should “do a little following” in Ukraine – where the US has sought to back up Kiev in the face of Moscow’s aggression – calling instead for European allies like Germany to take up a leadership role. “He says that he wants to move to another level relations, a deeper level of relations with Russia”, Putin said. “I think other countries have to get involved with that, Joe”, he said.
President Putin’s interaction with media was watched by millions of people across the world.
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During the news conference, Putin denied once again that regular Russian forces were in Ukraine, where pro-Moscow rebels began clashes with the Western-backed government in 2014.
