Trump Calls Putin and Xi Very Smart People

Former U.S. President Donald Trump referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping as very smart individuals. “Biden can’t connect two sentences, and he thinks he can deal with us with nuclear weapons. ... Putin, Xi Jinping, and all these very smart people. The media hates it when I say they’re smart. But let me tell you, they are very smart and very cunning,” he said on Wednesday to supporters in Iowa. The broadcast was conducted by Fox News.

Earlier, Trump had stated that he had a good relationship with Putin and that the Ukrainian conflict could have been avoided if he were in charge of the U.S. administration. Trump is the most likely Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election. He has previously claimed that the charges against him are an attempt by the Biden administration to interfere in the elections, which he considers to be “the most corrupt and incompetent president in history.”