Related: Trump’s messy week just got worse and it’s only TuesdayHowever, Trump, in an interview on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, said Putin’s recognition of the breakaway was “smart” and “pretty savvy.”“I went in yesterday, and there was a television screen,” said Trump, “and I said, ‘This is genius.’ Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine — Putin declares it as independent.
Oh, that’s wonderful.”“I said, ‘How smart is that?’ He’s going to go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s the strongest peace force.
We could use that on our southern border. That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen. There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen.
They’re going to keep peace, all right.”Trump went on to claim the situation would never have happened if he was still in office, again repeating the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.“It never would have happened with us.