Trump: I thought Putin was negotiating over Ukraine

JAZZ SHAW Mar 16, 2022

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On Tuesday night, former President Donald Trumpgave an interview to the Washington Examiner, much of which was focused on the current situation in Ukraine and the erratic behavior of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Over the course of the interview, Trump avowed that the accusations of him being soft on Putin were “a bad rap.” He sought to remind people that he had imposed some of the largest sanctions on Putin that had ever been put in place. (Before the current time, of course.) He also noted that he had closed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and it was Joe Biden who opened up development on the project after taking office. (Germany has since shut it down entirely.) But one of the more interesting parts of the interview revealed Trump’s admission…