Trump suggests that Putin was a victim of Russia’s scandal, reaching a new level

When Donald Trump met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and the two leaders brought some questions from the press, the discussion was predictably transformed to Russia and the Ukraine war. The US president took advantage of the opportunity to do what he often does: sympathy expresses for Vladimir Putin.

“We had to go through the Russian face together,” said the Republicanreferring to the Russian leader himself. Trump added that the Russian scandal “had nothing to do with Russia” – days later, I still don’t know what that means – and that the controversy that was “a false story that was made.”

About 24 hours later as part of His Debacul Office Oval With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump managed to say something about the scandal. Washington Post reported:

At this time I could write more paragraphs explaining that Russia’s scandal It was not “false” No matter how many times the Republicans claim differently. I could also enter into details, highlighting overwhelming evidence From the investigations launched by the team of Special Councilor Robert Mueller and the Senate Information Committee, led by GOP, both documented to the extent that Trump and his team welcome, received and benefited from Russian assistance in the 2016 campaign.

I could remind readers similarly that the Trump team has prevented the investigation into this assistance – through some measures, 10 times. I could see that Trump and his operation repeatedly lied about their interactions with Russia During the 2016 race. I could even reiterate that the report of the Senate Information Committee partially written by the republican majority of the group-to a given time described literally A “direct connection between the tall officials of the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence services.”

But I will assume that readers already know this. To note instead what was new about the unwritten observations of the US president on Friday.

That A post -washington post analysis noted about the Republican’s statement: “It was an extraordinary comment. Trump has gone further than suggesting the evidence in claiming his own exoneration in the Russian investigation. But here he suggested that Putin was wrong in this process. “

There is bulky and uncontrolled evidence that the Russian leader has launched an information operation targeting the American political system in order to influence the result of the presidential elections. Even if someone was inclined to ask aside cooperation and “collision” questions – no one should ask these questions, of course, but only for the sake of Putin’s intelligence was an extraordinary attack on the United States.

Years later Trump would make Americans believe that Putin was victim of the attack he perpetuated. It’s not just wrong, it’s crazy.