In his speech, Trump praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Biden’s campaign compared Trump to Hitler.
Former President of the United States Donald Trump relied on the Russian president Vladimir Putin to words at his campaign meeting on the night before Sunday Finnish time.
Trump, who is again running for president in next year’s elections, addressed his numerous pending criminal charges in New Hampshire, an important state for the primaries, which he unjustifiably claims the president Joe Biden manipulated by the administration.
Trump defended himself by bringing up Putin September speechin which he defended Trump.
– Even Vladimir Putin – has anyone heard of Russia’s Vladimir Putin? He says — and this is a quote — that Biden’s politically motivated persecution of a political opponent is actually a good thing for Russia because it proves the rottenness of the American political system, Trump said.
– We cannot pretend that we teach others anything about democracy. We talk about democracy, but the whole world can see how a political opponent who is about to defeat Biden is persecuted here. It’s a wonderful thing.
In his speech, Trump made it clear that Putin is a credible person to comment on the US political system, he writes The New York Times.
During his presidency, Trump used to praise and defend Putin. At the Helsinki summit in 2017, Trump stood next to Putin at a press conference and said that he trusted Putin’s word that Russia did not interfere in the US presidential election for Trump’s benefit.
This despite the fact that, according to the US’s own intelligence services, Russia interfered in the 2016 elections.
Putin wasn’t the only autocratic leader Trump mentioned in his campaign speech.
– Viktor OrbánHungary’s highly respected prime minister said Trump is the man who can save the Western world, Trump said.
In addition, Trump praised his relations with the leader of North Korea to Kim Jong-unwhich he described as “really nice”.
– [Kim] doesn’t like the current US administration, but he likes me.
There has been a fear in the United States that if Trump wins the election, he will try to turn the United States in the direction of the model of the authoritarian leaders he admires.
President Biden’s campaign team issued a warning notice After Trump’s campaign speech.
– Tonight, Donald Trump is channeling his role models as he imitates them Adolf Hitler, praising Kim Jong-un and quoting Vladimir Putin. As president, he has promised to rule as a dictator and would be a threat to American democracy, a spokeswoman for the Biden campaign said Ammar Moussa said.
Biden’s campaign referred to Trump for last week’s hose-down on Fox News. He said that he would not act as president as a dictator, “except on the first day”. On that first day in office, according to his own words, he would close the border against Mexico and drill for oil.
Sources: Reuters, AP