Trump's latest appeal offers a window into his twisted morality as he lines up again alongside Putin, whom he called a "genius" earlier in the Ukraine crisis even as much of his own party condemned the invasion. Trump issued his public appeal to Putin in an interview with sympathetic conservative news network Just the News. Trump was emboldened by impeachment acquittalsTrump's latest appeal to Putin also offers another possible preview of the future. Their reasoning was that as an ex-President, stripped of power, Trump could do no more harm. Republican equivocatingAs usual, Trump's call out to Putin led to uncomfortable moments for Republican senators when confronted by journalists on Capitol Hill this week.

Source: CNN April 01, 2022 01:18 UTC