Ugh, once again, Donald Trump proves to be the absolute worst.
Former President Trump (Oh, how I love writing that!) told President Joe Biden to give his “warmest regards” to Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the two world leaders meeting. But wait, there’s more.
“Good luck to Biden in dealing with President Putin—don’t fall asleep during the meeting, and please give him my warmest regards!” Trump wrote in a statement Thursday. Absolutely sickening for Trump to say while Biden is overseas representing the United States. But, Trump doesn’t care about anyone but Trump.
Biden and Putin will have their first meeting Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland. Of course Putin will be missing Trump very much, as Biden isn’t a puppet.
Former US president says he still trusts Russia more than the government he once led. pic.twitter.com/5Wkwj8KOwZ [1]
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) June 10, 2021 [2]
Trump was criticized during his presidency on his relationship with Putin, even from some Republicans.
He received some of his harshest criticism from the GOP when Trump sided with Putin over the U.S. intelligence community during the Helsinki summit in 2018.
During the summit, Trump refused to condemn Putin after he claimed Russia did not interfere in the 2016 election, despite U.S. intelligence agencies claiming the contrary. It was brutal and disgusting.
In case you needed a reminder:
President Trump: "My people came to me, [Director of Nat'l Intelligence] Dan Coats came to me, some others, they said they think it's Russia. I have President Putin. He just said it's not Russia. I will say this, I don't see any reason why it would be."https://t.co/d78lF0GlCt [3] pic.twitter.com/W3DDqLV5Ql [4]
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 16, 2018 [5]
The former president still claims Russia did not meddle in the 2016 election.
“Despite the belated Fake News portrayal of the meeting, the United States won much, including the respect of President Putin and Russia,” Trump said. “Because of the phony Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, made-up and paid for by the Democrats and Crooked Hillary Clinton, the United States was put at a disadvantage—a disadvantage that was nevertheless overcome by me.”
People on Twitter were disgusted:
wth. Trump signalling to Putin before Biden Putin meeting? https://t.co/4dVurhsYIl [6]
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) June 10, 2021 [7]
As Biden prepares to meet Putin, Trump reaffirms his own 2018 comment in Helsinki that he trusts the Russian leader more than US intelligence agencies that reported Russian interference in the US election. (1)
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) June 10, 2021 [8]
Trump: "As to who do I trust, they asked, Russia or our 'Intelligence' from the Obama era, meaning people like Comey, McCabe, the two lovers, Brennan, Clapper and numerous other sleezebags or Russia, the answer after all that has been found out and written should be obvious.” (2)
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) June 10, 2021 [9]
The intelligence agency conclusions on Russian interference, of course, were endorsed not just by Obama-era leaders but by Trump’s own appointees as well.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) June 10, 2021 [10]
Donald Trump just put out a statement asking Biden to give Putin his "warmest regards."
Liberal #Resistance [11] folks couldn't make stuff like this up.
Once again, the writers of this show have outdone themselves.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) June 10, 2021 [12]