I mean, I haven’t spoken to him in a long while, but I had a very strong relationship,” Trump said. When asked about the invasion, the former president said of Putin: “He wouldn’t have done it if it were me. '”From Fox News:Putin initially did not believe Trump would take any action, according to Trump, but he pushed back: “I told him I was going to do something. '”Trump, also a 2024 presidential candidate, said Putin believed “maybe 10%” of what he was saying, but that 10% was “all you needed” to stop the invasion from happening. When asked whether he thought Ukraine was a separate country from Russia, Trump stated it was, but that it used to be one country, and “Putin liked it that way.”Watch the clip above.

Source: Fox News June 20, 2023 13:50 UTC