Trump did not mention President Vladimir Putin in the interview.
of the former President of the United States Donald Trump’s including the Russian opposition leader who died on Friday Alexei Navalny was a “very brave man†who “probably†should not have returned to Russia. Navalnyi was arrested in early 2021 after he returned to Russia from Germany, where he received treatment for a poisoning attempt in Russia.
– Navalnyi is a very sad case and he is very brave because he went back. He could have stayed away, said Trump in an interview with the Fox News channel.
– And frankly, it probably would have been much better to stay away and speak from outside the country, said the likely Republican presidential candidate.
According to Trump, †people thought that this could happen and it did.â€
Trump did not mention the president Vladimir Putin in the interview. Incumbent president Joe Biden and other Western leaders have blamed Putin for Navalny’s death. This has also been done by Trump’s opponent in the Republicans, the former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, according to which Putin murdered Navalny. Haley also criticized from the beginning of the week how Trump remained silent for days about Navalny’s death.
The former president has repeatedly expressed his admiration for Putin. In an interview with Fox, however, he compared himself to Navalny by stating that both men have been unfairly prosecuted because of their political positions.
Source: Reuters
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