Donald Trump boasts of having Putin’s support after speaking out against his impeachment
- Trump takes to Twitter to tout the Russian president’s comments that he believed the impeachment was ‘far-fetched’
Late Friday night, minutes before deplaning in Florida for the holidays, President Donald Trump retweeted a link to an article in which Russian President Vladimir Putin defended him against impeachment.
“A total Witch Hunt!” the president tweeted at 10.30pm, as he shared a 36-hour-old Associated Press tweet that read: “BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin says US President Donald Trump’s impeachment is far-fetched and predicts the US Senate will reject it.”
Trump’s boasting of Putin’s support comes a day after The Washington Post reported that White House advisers feared Trump’s belief that Ukraine, not Russia, was responsible for interfering with 2016 election was spurred by conversations Trump had had with Putin.
Trump’s critics responded on the president’s tweet, expressing exasperation more than incredulity.
“At the end of the day, it’s always Putin First,” wrote conservative commentator and “Never Trumper” Bill Kristol.
“Trump wants us to know that Putin has his back. We know,” tweeted Eric Columbus, a former Justice Department appointee in the Obama administration.
