'Weak and pathetic' Trump ripped for 'casually' admitting he's 'helping' Putin
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018.
President Donald Trump's return to the White House on January 20 marked a major change in U.S. policy on the Ukraine/Russia War. While former President Joe Biden was an aggressive supporter of military aid to Ukraine, Trump is pushing a "peace plan" and angrily berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to the White House.
Trump has defended Russian President Vladimir Putin on many occasions, but recently, he expressed frustration with him for a Russian military attack on Kyiv, Ukraine. And in a Tuesday morning, May 27 post on his Truth Social platform, Trump posted, "What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He’s playing with fire!"
Trump's post is receiving a lot of responses on the Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter.
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The Bulwark's Sam Stein tweeted, "Trump just casually telling everyone he's been helping out Putin?"
Similarly, The Guardian's Patrick Wintour wrote, "Trump on social media admits he has been protecting Russia. 'What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He’s playing with fire!'"
The Ukrainian Review's Savchenko Volodymyr wrote, "What do you think?"
X user Bradley Templeton posted, "Trump is so weak and pathetic that he attempts to gain leverage in international diplomacy with crazy social media rants that imply he's protecting Putin? Worst president ever."
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Another X user Mad Scientist wrote, "When you post a confession that you’ve been helping Russia all along. The 'Russia Hoax' was never a hoax. It’s fact."
Ukraine News wrote, "Any ideas what these bad things might be?
Novelist Pete Pike commented, "For once, Trump is right. He HAS been protecting ruzzia, like an orange d-------g would."
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