The ex -American President has decided that Russian President’s action against the Ukraine isn’t so smart after all?
Former President Trump called the Russian invasion into Ukraine “a holocaust” and urged Russia to stop fighting, a large shift in tone since last week when the former president praised Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump’s remarks came during a Wednesday interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, widely seen as a Trump ally.
The former president said Russia has “to stop killing these people” and suggested a deal could be worked out to end the conflict….
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The former president has often complimented Putin, and held a widely criticized summit with the Russian leader in Helsinki during his presidency where he said he believed Russia had not interfered in U.S. elections.
Just last week, Trump praised Putin as “smart” and “pretty savvy” for recognizing two breakaway regions in Ukraine as independent, a precursor to the invasion….
Lindsey changes like the wind…Trump has chaged his mind on the attacks…So the SC SeGOP Senator can now do so also….
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, said on Wednesday that he thinks it “was a mistake” for former President Donald Trump to call Russian President Vladimir Putin a genius.
“I think that was a mistake. I think I know what he was trying to say, you know, going into the Donbas. But, no. Let’s just make it clear, Putin’s not a genius, he’s a war criminal,” said Graham, a close Trump ally.
On Wednesday, Graham introduced a nonbinding Senate resolution that calls for Putin to be held accountable for numerous acts of war, aggression and human rights abuses….
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