Could 28, 2025
Republican Senator tells Trump to “take motion” towards Vladimir Putin.
President Donald Trump doesn’t face a lot opposition from his GOP members, however one Republican senator is calling out the president for not scolding his pal, President Vladimir Putin, over Russia’s assaults on Ukraine.
US Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) took to X on Memorial Day to ship a tweet demanding that Trump “take motion” towards Russia within the type of sanctions.
“I’ve had enuf of Putin killing harmless ppl. Pres Trump Take motion AT LEAST SANCTIONS,” Grassley wrote.
Grassley’s remarks appeared to immediate a response, as Trump addressed Russia’s assaults on Ukraine the next day, warning Putin that he’s “taking part in with fireplace.”
“What Vladimir Putin doesn’t notice is that if it weren’t for me, numerous actually unhealthy issues would have already occurred to Russia, and I imply REALLY BAD. He’s taking part in with fireplace!” Trump declared on his Reality Social platform.
Trump’s assertion got here after his Could 25 put up, wherein he criticized each Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over his failed efforts to dealer peace between the 2 nations.
“I’ve all the time had an excellent relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, however one thing has occurred to him,” Trump wrote. “He has gone completely CRAZY!”
“He’s needlessly killing lots of people, and I’m not simply speaking about troopers,” he continued. “Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no motive in any respect. I’ve all the time mentioned that he needs ALL of Ukraine, not only a piece of it, and possibly that’s proving to be proper, but when he does, it is going to result in the downfall of Russia!”
Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and present deputy chairman of Russia’s Safety Council, responded to Trump’s claims of stopping “actually unhealthy” issues from taking place to Russia by warning that such rhetoric may escalate into a possible World Warfare III situation.
“Relating to Trump’s phrases about Putin ‘taking part in with fireplace’ and ‘actually unhealthy issues’ taking place to Russia. I solely know of 1 REALLY BAD factor — WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!” Medvedev wrote.
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