During a recent appearance on Fox Business, 45th President Donald Trump discussed speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The former President detailed how Putin would frequently use the “n-word” during their high level conversations when Trump was in the White House.
The “n-word” is popularly used in America to describe a racial epithet deriding people of color, but Trump immediately clarified that he meant “nuclear” when using the word, explaining his use immediately during the interview.
“I listened to him constantly using the n-word. That’s the n-word,” President Trump said.
“And he’s constantly using it, the nuclear word.”
"I listened to [Putin] constantly using the n-word. That's the n-word," former President Trump told @FoxBusiness host Stuart Varney before clarifying he meant the "nuclear word." pic.twitter.com/127sy5JiA4
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Trump dismissed concerns over the vast nuclear capabilities of Putin’s Russia, noting that the United States has nuclear weapons that are much more effective.
“We say ‘oh he’s a nuclear power.’ But we are a greater nuclear power,” President Trump said.
Trump has frequently taken credit for the massive increase in military spending that happened during his administration, and used the war in Ukraine to highlight the importance he placed on funding the United States Armed Forces.
As Valiant News reported on March 14, a clip of the 45th President resurfaced online recently in which he appeared to mock Fox News host for calling the Russian President a “killer.”
In the clip, O’Reilly sparred with Trump over his analysis of Russia, and asserted that “Putin is a killer.”
President Trump retorted that “We have a lot of killers” in the United States. Trump added, “You think our country is so innocent?”
this remains the most truthful thing an american president has ever said pic.twitter.com/6YLfopo8JU
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Trump made similar remarks about Putin in 2015 during an appearance on Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough.
“He’s running his country and at least he’s a leader, unlike what we have in this country,” Trump said when asked by Scarborough about Putin’s alleged killing of journalists and political opponents. He was comparing Putin to former President Barack Obama, then Joe Biden’s boss.
“I think our country does plenty of killing also, Joe, so you know,” said Trump. “There’s a lot of stupidity going on in the world right now, a lot of killing, a lot of stupidity.”
Russia invaded Ukraine last month after several years of disagreements regarding the contested eastern Donbass region. Russia claims it launched its “special military operation” to protect ethnic Russians from Ukrainian state violence in that region, while Ukraine and the international community insist that Russia’s attack amounts to an invasion.
