LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, says Russian President Vladimir Putin is mocking former president Donald Trump while launching a major assault on Ukraine's capital.
Slotkin told CNN's "The Amanpour Hour" that Putin is "testing the limits like a toddler," referencing recent incursions into NATO airspace and a high-profile meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Trump met with Putin last month at a U.S. air base in Alaska.
"The data points since then are basically like a thumb in the eye to Trump," Slotkin, D-Holly, told host Christiane Amanpour. "Putin goes and does this big event with the Chinese leadership, he launches the largest assault on Kyiv since the beginning of the war and now is testing, like a toddler, the sort of NATO limits by sen