Trump said Putin told him he was the most 'vicious' president ever but they still got along
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Donald Trump boasted about his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at a rally in Pickens, South Carolina on Saturday.
Donald Trump boasted about his relationship with Vladimir Putin at a South Carolina rally.
Trump said Putin described him as "vicious," but they still got along.
Trump has often talked about how his relationship with Putin in positive terms.
Former President Donald Trump boasted about his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at a rally in South Carolina on Saturday.
"As Putin said, 'You are the most vicious president ever.' There's never been a president that did this to me. And yet I got along with him. Isn't that nice?" Trump told his MAGA supporters in Pickens, a rural community in the southern state.
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During his presidency, Trump appeared friendly towards Putin and was reluctant to criticize Russia over reports of interference in the 2016 US presidential election. His administration did also impose several rounds of sanctions on the country.
He has often baselessly claimed that Putin would never have invaded Ukraine if he was still president.
Despite Trump's claims of a relationship of mutual respect with Putin, other Washington insiders have previously implied this was not the case.
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