From the Washington Examiner: President Donald Trump took what arguably could be his fiercest criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin during his Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
“We get a lot of bulls*** thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump said. “He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.”
The comments come after the United States decided to halt military aid shipments to Ukraine temporarily last week. In the days that followed, the president spoke with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and he publicly rebuked the Russian leader afterward while saying his conversation with Zelensky went well.
On Monday, Trump announced that the U.S. would be resuming defensive aid shipments to Ukraine.
WATCH:
President Trump: “We get a lot of bullshit 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.” pic.twitter.com/VMnXSTuCiK
— CSPAN (@cspan) July 8, 2025
“We’re not happy with Putin,” President Trump declared. “I’m not happy with Putin. I can tell you that much right now, since he’s killing a lot of people, and a lot of them are his soldiers… his soldiers, and their soldiers mostly, and it’s now up to 7,000 a week, and I’m not happy with Putin.”
President Trump: “I’m not happy with Putin. I can tell you that much right now because he’s killing a lot of people and a lot of them are his soldiers.” pic.twitter.com/QK7ENcQKvg
— CSPAN (@cspan) July 8, 2025
“Putin is not treating human beings right. He’s killing too many people, so we’re sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine, and I’ve approved that,” Trump confirmed.
.@POTUS: “Putin is not treating human beings right. He’s killing too many people, so we’re sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine.” pic.twitter.com/MyfgW3SZwy
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 8, 2025
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