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Trump Responds After Putin Says Biden Is ‘Better’ For Russia


Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been in the news a lot lately, including when he recently revealed that he believes President Joe Biden is “better” for Russia than former President Donald Trump.

According to USA Today:

Asked which American candidate would be “better for us,” Putin responded: “Biden. He is a more experienced, predictable person, a politician of the old school … But we will work with any U.S. president who the American people have confidence in.”

Few foreign policy analysts believe Putin prefers the incumbent president. They cited Trump’s positions that often favor Russia, such as his longtime criticism of the NATO military alliance.

While the mainstream media portrayed Putin’s remarks as part of an effort to spread disinformation, many others took him at his word.

Trump himself addressed the remarks, noting that he interpreted Putin’s endorsement of Biden as a compliment.

As ABC News reported:

Former President Donald Trump reacted to Russian President Vladimir Putin saying he prefers President Joe Biden over Trump because Biden is “more experienced” and “more predictable” — which Trump called a “great compliment.”

“President Putin of Russia has just given me a great compliment, actually,” Trump said at a campaign rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday.

“He just said that he would much rather have Joe Biden as president than Trump,” he continued. “Now that’s a compliment. … And of course, he would say that.”

The latest Trump comment comes on the heels of him recently saying at a previous rally in South Carolina that he’d “encourage” Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to foreign allies of the United States that don’t pay their “fair share” of defense funding — receiving backlash from some critics.

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