White House Messenger Steve Witcoof praised Vladimir Putin in the burning conditions, as reliable, and said that the Russian leader told him that he prayed for his “friend” by US President Donald Trump when he was shot.
Last week in Moscow, Vitkof met with Putin for hours and told us in the media about the negotiations that participated in the discussions on the forgery of the War in Russia in Ukraine were constructive and “based on the decision”.
In an interview with the leading podcasts about the right hint Takar Carlson, the messenger said he had come to Putin was not a “bad guy” and that the Russian president was a “big” leader seeking to end Moscow’s death three -year conflict with Kiev.
“I liked it. I thought he was right with me,” Vitkoff said in an interview on Friday.
“I do not view Putin as a bad guy. This is a difficult situation, this war and all the ingredients that led to him.”
He also described the “personal” element of the discussion, in which Putin recalled his reaction to attempting to attempt Trump in July 2024, when the Republican held a campaign in Butlers, Pennsylvania.
Putin “told me the story … about how, when the president was shot, he went to the local church and met with his priest and prayed for the president,” Vitkoff said.
“Not because … he could become president of the United States, but because he had a friendship with him and prayed for his friend.”
Putin ordered “a beautiful portrait of President Trump from the leading Russian artist” and asked the messenger to take him home to Trump, Vitkof added.
“It was such a kind moment.”
The faster praise of Witco to the president, who has long seen the US as an autocratic enemy, emphasizes the dramatic turn in Washington’s approach to communicating with the Kremlin because Trump took over for the second term of the president.
Witcoof also said that Ukraine Zelensky is faced with a tough choice, and that the president must admit that it was time to “make a deal” with Moscow.
Zelensky “in a very, very difficult situation, but it is against the nuclear nation,” Vitkoff said. “So he must know that he is going to lower the earth. Now for him to make a transaction the best time.”
Witkoff’s comments were essentially delivered to a friendly land. Carlson – a former contradictory Fox The news star that conducted what was widely considered rare but mild interview with Putin last year.
Carlson was also a leading propagandist in the US.
Originally this story was presented on Fortune.com
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2025-03-22 23:06:00
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