Russian President Vladimir Putin praised President-elect Trump as an “intelligent” and “experienced” leader Thursday, while noting he does not believe the president-elect is “safe” following the two attempts on his life earlier this year.
“As far as I can imagine, the newly elected president is an intelligent and already quite experienced person.
Putin congratulated Trump on his election victory earlier this month and said he was ready to hold discussions with the incoming president.
Putin pointed to “the absolutely uncivilized methods used to battle against Trump, up to and including an assassination attempt — and more than once,” according to Reuters.
I think he [Trump] is intelligent and I hope he’s cautious and understands this.” Trump was shot in the ear in July in an attempted assassination during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
President-elect Trump was hailed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday as an “intelligent” and “experienced” leader, but Putin also stated that he does not think the president-elect is “safe” in light of the two assassination attempts on his life earlier this year.
After a summit, Putin told reporters in Kazakhstan that once Trump returns to the White House in January, ties between Moscow and Washington could get better, CNN reported.
As far as I can tell, the recently elected president is a bright and seasoned individual. Putin remarked, “I believe he will find a solution.”.
In contrast to its current tense relations with the Biden administration, the remarks indicated a change in tone from the Kremlin, as the U.S. S. increases the supply of weapons for Ukraine before January.
This week, Russia issued a warning to the U. A. to stop what it described as a “spiral of escalation” over Ukraine; earlier this month, the Biden administration gave Ukraine permission to use long-range missiles inside Russia.
Trump hasn’t provided many details about how he would put an end to the conflict in Ukraine, despite his repeated promises on the campaign trail to do so “within 24 hours.”.
The president-elect has come under fire for his cordial remarks about Putin, calling him a “genius” soon after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Since Trump’s departure in January 2021, the two leaders are said to have had at least seven conversations.
Putin expressed his readiness to confer with the incoming president after congratulating Trump on his election victory earlier this month.
As he talked about his surprise at how the U.S. S. . Reuters reported on the election.
The Reuters report claims that Putin repeatedly cited “the absolutely uncivilized methods used to battle against Trump, up to and including an assassination attempt.”.
He is not safe now, in my opinion,” Putin stated, adding, “Unfortunately, a number of incidents have occurred in the history of the United States.”. Trump, in my opinion, is intelligent, and I hope he is aware of this and cautious. “.”.
At a Pennsylvania campaign rally in July, Trump was shot in the ear in an attempted assassination. There was one fatality and two injuries among the rally attendees. Authorities on the scene killed the gunman.
After that, Trump was the target of another assassination attempt in September while playing golf in Florida. After being taken into custody, the suspect entered a not guilty plea to federal charges.
Putin expressed surprise that the president-elect’s political rivals were criticizing Trump’s family, according to Reuters.
Putin called the behavior and criticism “revolting,” claiming that not even Russian “bandits” would behave in such a manner.
