Donald Trump is not known for careful remarks that always reflect the truth, but there’s one subject on which he seems to veer from reality the sharpest: Russia.
The former president ended his one-term stint in the White House in January 2021 after spending four years publicly contradicting journalists, other Republicans, and even his own intelligence agencies on issues of US-Russia relations and Moscow’s campaign to influence US politics through misinformation on social media. But his warm words for Vladimir Putin and the Russian government wouldn’t end there, as the US president would frequently touch on the subject after leaving office in interviews, at campaign-style rallies, and elsewhere.
Some of Mr Trump’s statements on Russia didn’t rise to the level of outright lies or incorrect claims, of course; in many instances, the 45th president merely diverted from norms by appearing to wholeheartedly embrace a foreign leader denounced by US officials and America’s allies around the world as a murderer and brutal autocrat.
In recent weeks, much of the former president’s past statements are being revisited amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the assertion of Mr Trump and his allies that he was “tough” on Russia and Mr Putin and would not have permitted such a war to break out under his watch.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of Donald Trump’s “greatest hits” when it comes to Russia and its work to put him in office in 2016, from before he was sworn in to the...
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