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17 Mar 2022, 12:01 pm

Trump admits he’s ‘surprised’ at Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

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Former President Trump admitted being “surprised” that Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine and claimed the dictator is a “changed” man.

Conceding that he misjudged the Russian strongman’s intentions, the twice-impeached president said in a new interview that he thought Putin was only massing troops on the border as a “smart way to negotiate” and win concessions from the West or Ukraine.

“I‘m surprised. I thought he was negotiating when he sent his troops to the border,” Trump told the right wing Washington Examiner. “I thought it was a tough way to negotiate but a smart way to negotiate.”

Trump added that he believed Putin was going to cut a “good deal,” not launch the brutal invasion that has killed thousands of civilians and threatened to unleash an even wider conflict.

The ex-president, who enjoyed a cozy relationship with Putin, mused the Russian leader has somehow changed since Trump left office last year.
“I think he’s changed. It’s a very sad thing for the world,” Trump said. “He’s very much changed.”

Trump explains to Fox News host that there's "a lot of love" behind Putin's invasion of Ukraine

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Donald Trump claimed that there is "a lot of love" behind Russian President Vladimir Putin's devastating invasion of Ukraine, which has already resulted in hundreds of civilian casualties.

The former president's bizarre remarks came during a Sunday radio interview with Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, who asked Trump about the deadly incursion.

"He's got a big ego," Trump said of Putin. "Again, I know him very well ... I understand he's gotten rid of a lot of his generals.

Trump also speculated that the Russian president felt "cornered," suggesting that Putin might commit "unspeakable" acts of warfare if the invasion doesn't go his way.

Later in the segment, the former president argued that Putin is on a conquest to restore the Soviet Union.

"You say, what's the purpose of this? They had a country," Trump explained. "You could see it was a country where there was a lot of love and we're doing it because, you know, somebody wants to make his country larger or he wants to put it back the way it was when actually it didn't work very well."

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18 Mar 2022, 8:11 am

Mmm Mmm.....those two paragraphs clearly contradict each other

You wonder whether there are actually two Trumps: Sober and drunk

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18 Mar 2022, 8:30 am

The main problem with this country is its short attention span.

These sorts of "contradictions" occurred all through Trump's Presidency----and they continue today, obviously.

Yet not many people seem to remember statements made a few days ago, in juxtaposition with statements made today.

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18 Mar 2022, 8:31 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

Mmm Mmm.....those two paragraphs clearly contradict each other. You wonder whether there are actually two Trumps: Sober and drunk.

Or that Trump is trying to obfuscate any indication of his own foreknowledge of Putin's Ukraine invasion and war.

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18 Mar 2022, 8:35 am

There's no doubt in my mind that Trump and Putin, at the very least, identify with each other.

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18 Mar 2022, 8:53 am

I'm honestly surprised he noticed, given that back when Russia invaded the Crimea, his only comment was "Russia isn't going to invade Ukraine."

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18 Mar 2022, 8:58 am

Putin kept on saying he wasn't going to invade Ukraine-----right up to the day when he actually invaded Ukraine.

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18 Mar 2022, 9:11 am

Trump has always been proud of his ignorance.
Nothing special about the fact that he didn't understand yet another thing.

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18 Mar 2022, 1:56 pm

The first part is believable as a stand alone. That Trump would project his own mentality as a real estate bargainer wheeler dealer onto Putin. But the second part contradicts it.

But maybe Trump is right. Putin has a "whole lotta love", and just wants to give each and every one of the former Soviet Republics...every inch of his love!

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21 Mar 2022, 4:32 am

I stopped reading at "the twice-impeached president". fake news!

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21 Mar 2022, 6:22 am

Fixxer wrote:

I stopped reading at "the twice-impeached president". fake news!

Real news, kid. Get used to it.

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21 Mar 2022, 7:37 am

magz wrote:

Trump has always been proud of his ignorance.
Nothing special about the fact that he didn't understand yet another thing.

I am surprised he admitted it.

Fixxer wrote:

I stopped reading at "the twice-impeached president". fake news!

He was impeached twice, he was not convicted once.

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21 Mar 2022, 8:13 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

There's no doubt in my mind that Trump and Putin, at the very least, identify with each other.

I suspect one of them admires the other, and the other one delights in his counterpart’s flailing incompetence.

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