President Trump in an interview with Brian Kilmeade of Fox News Radio, March 13:

Kilmeade: You think Putin is helping [the Iranians]? Trump: I think he might be helping them a little bit, yeah, I guess. And he probably thinks we’re helping Ukraine. Right? Kilmeade: And you are. Right? [Laughs] Trump: Yeah, we’re helping them also. And so, he says that. And China would say the same thing. You know? It’s like, uh, hey, they do it and we do it in all fairness. They do it and we do it.

Kilmeade: You think Putin is helping [the Iranians]?

Trump: I think he might be helping them a little bit, yeah, I guess. And he probably thinks we’re helping Ukraine. Right?

Kilmeade: And you are. Right? [Laughs]

Trump: Yeah, we’re helping them also. And so, he says that. And China would say the same thing. You know? It’s like, uh, hey, they do it and we do it in all fairness. They do it and we do it.

That is not exactly a forceful denunciation of Russian assistance to a country currently firing missiles and drones at the armed forces of the United States as well as........

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