US EditionTrump: Putin Not Assassin, but Tough Guy
UKRAINE, JUL 14 – Trump reverses his stance on Putin amid escalating Russian attacks and announces sending Patriot missiles to Ukraine, with EU funding the aid, lawmakers push tougher sanctions.
- On Sunday at Joint Base Andrews, Trump announced plans to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine, admitting `then he’ll bomb people at night` and that Putin had charmed him, to reporters.
- In recent weeks, Trump’s patience with Putin has worn thin after Ukraine's largest drone attack used 728 drones and 13 missiles, Ukrainian officials report.
- United States President Donald Trump said that he didn't want to label Putin an "assassin." He acknowledged him as a "tough guy."
- "Talks with Putin mean nothing, he fires missiles right after. I don't want to call him an assassin, but he's a tough guy. He fooled a lot of people over the years, Clinton, Bush, Obama. He didn't fool me," Trump stated while talking to the press alongside North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday.
- He then added that he was not sure a sanctions bill on Russia is "necessary" and added that he speaks to Putin "a lot." He said his conversations with the Russian president "are always very pleasant," but "then missiles go off that night.
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US President Donald Trump delivered a silent message to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for months, stating that he was not allowed to go wrong by the leader of Kremlin, except for his predecessors at the White House. The statement was made in the context of a warning of possible sanctions against Russia if it does not reach an agreement with Ukraine within 50 days.
"I don't mean he's a killer, but he's a tough guy," said Donald Trump, referring to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
“I don’t mean he’s a killer, but he’s a tough guy. It’s proven over the years,” said US President Donald Trump on Monday, referring to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, after announcing that he will impose secondary tariffs on Moscow if an agreement with Ukraine has not been reached within 50 days.
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