Russian President Vladimir Putin — an ex-KGB agent and master manipulator — attempted to woo President Trump after their hours-long meeting, claiming he would not have invaded Ukraine if former President Biden hadn’t been in office.
”I’d like to remind you that in 2022, during the last contact with the previous administration , I tried to convince my previous American colleague the situation should not be brought to the point of no return when it would come to hostilities,” Putin said following his meeting with Trump. “And I said it quite directly back then.
”That’s is a big mistake today, when President Trump is saying that if he was the president back then, there will be no war — and I’m quite sure that it would indeed be, so I can confirm that.”
Trump and Putin shook hands as they