Did Trump Forget He Praised Putin's 2014 Invasion Of Ukraine?
Why on earth is Donald Trump so obsessed with Russia while being so woefully misinformed? Why does he constantly lie about, well, everything?
I think we know the answer to the second question. He's a pathologically-lying narcissist, or he's auditioning for a role as a person with that abnormal psychology. Now the Russia stuff? He's been awfully deferential for a few years now. Between Manafort and Trump's dealings with Russia, and his effusive praise for Vladimir, combined with a refusal to reveal his income tax returns, people are talking. That would be the mother of all euphemisms.
Buzzfeed unearthed a Fox News interview with Trump and Eric Bolling from April, 2014, The Fox 'News' folks thought he'd be a great person to ask how to revive the economy, of course, with four bankruptcies and all. The subject pivoted to Russia, which it usually does, and he said this. H/T Buzzfeed: