New York, Sept 7 (Reuters): Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that Russia's Vladimir Putin had been a better leader than US President Barack Obama, as the Republican presidential nominee used a televised forum to argue he was best equipped to reassert America's global leadership. ”I think under the leadership of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton the generals have been reduced to rubble. ”If he says great things about me, I'm going to say great things about him,” Trump said of the Russian president. ”Certainly in that system, he's been a leader, far more than our president has been.” Trump had called Obama “the founder of ISIS,” an acronym for Islamic State, in stump speeches several weeks ago. Trump has condemned the war during his campaign and said he would avoid lengthy conflicts in the Middle East.

Source: The Telegraph September 08, 2016 04:41 UTC