WASHINGTON — President Trump tore into Russian strongman Vladimir Putin Tuesday for talking “bulls—“ and making “meaningless” overtures while keeping his bloody invasion of Ukraine going.
“A lot of people are dying and it should end,” the president complained to reporters during a Cabinet meeting. “We get a lot of bulls— thrown at us by Putin — [if] you want to know the truth. He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.”
In recent months, Putin, 72, has showered Trump with praise and sought to curry favor with him through gestures such as commissioning a portrait of the US president.
But despite the Russian’s rhetoric about working with the US to make peace in Ukraine, Moscow’s attacks have continued.
Trump held a call with Putin last week and later complained to reporters that he was “disappointed” with the Russian tyrant and that “it just seems like he wants to go all the way and just keep killing people.”
“The Ukrainians were brave but I will say we gave them the best equipment ever made,” Trump said Tuesday, reiterating his intention to give Kyiv more weapons and other materiel.
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