Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 1999 until 2008. He was also the Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.
Eric Trump is the laughingstock of Twitter this morning after he went on Fox News last night to tout his dad’s “great relationship” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.“Putin was in with the KGB, he can read people, and he could tell that Donald Trump was a very strong person,” Eric told Sean Hannity when asked about why Putin didn’t invade Ukraine during the Trump administration.Eric Trump: Putin was in with the KGB.
He can read people and he could tell that Donald Trump was a very strong person pic.twitter.com/1BqhstcUMP— Acyn (@Acyn) March 15, 2022Eric then pointed to his dad’s “perfect” relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.“And what did my father say? ‘You know, Kim, you mess around with us, you will be met with fire and fury, the likes of which you have never seen before.’ Right?” he said. “And then a couple months later, they’re shaking hands in North Korea, and the relationship was perfect!”Related: Donald Trump is so damn lazy that he’s not even trying to hide his latest griftWhen Hannity asked Eric why President Biden hasn’t retaliated against reported Russian threats of using “nukes,” chemical weapons, bioweapons, or cyber warfare, he replied, “Rather than say, ‘We’ll do that to you if you ever dare touch us,’ it just, you know, it seems like Joe gets afraid.”Eric then claimed his dad would have called up Putin on the phone and said, “‘Vladimir, don’t even think about it!”Eric Trump: My father would’ve called up and said “Vladimir, don’t even think about it.