Fox News Star Torches Trump Envoy Over Putin Praise: 'I Cannot Believe This Is Happening'

Brian Kilmeade said the “embarrassing” compliment from Steve Witkoff makes him look “naive.”

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade joined bipartisan outrage at US envoy Steve Witkoff, who praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as “a humanitarian” for releasing Stephen Hubbard, an elderly American teacher who had been jailed for more than four years.

The right-wing commentator played footage of the exchange Wednesday on his Fox News podcast, The Brian Kilmeade Show. He appeared rather incensed at Witkoff for heaping praise on Putin.

“What an embarrassing statement that is,” he exclaimed bluntly after the........

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