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Joe Biden has laughed off Donald Trump’s praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“I put as much stock in Trump saying that Putin’s a genius as I do when he called himself a stable genius,” Mr Biden said in an interview released Saturday.
Twice in two days, the former president hailed Mr Putin as “smart” and blamed Mr Biden for allowing the invasion to occur.
“He [Mr Putin] was going to be satisfied with a piece and now he sees the weakness and the incompetence and the stupidity of this administration,” Mr Trump said while speaking with Fox News presenter Laura Ingraham. “As an American I am angry about it and I am saddened by it. And it all happened because of a rigged election.”
In another video clip from Wednesday night that was circulated on social media, Mr Trump can be heard saying: “Trump said Putin is smart. He’s taken over a country for $2 worth of sanctions. I’d say that’s pretty smart.”
Mr Trump’s former director of national intelligence earlier voiced his dismay at the ex-president’s remarks praising Mr Putin as he mounts a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Speaking to The Daily Beast, Dan Coats said he was “stunned” by Mr Trump’s remarks.
“I cannot think of any other US president that would in a situation like this say what he said,” he told the site.
