says russian president vladimir putin "calls me brilliant."
says russian president vladimir putin "calls me brilliant."
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sep 8, 2016 ... donald trump has a clear answer when asked why he compliments vladimir  putin: if he praises me, i'm going to praise him back. but whether the russian  leader actually praised trump — at least in the way the gop nominee thinks —  isn't quite as clear. advertisement. related: trump: putin praise will ...
may 3, 2016 ... “i think he [russian president vladimir putin] said some really nice things. he  called me a genius. he said trump's a genius. okay. so, you know, that's nice.”  —donald trump, interview with bill o'reilly, april 28, 2016. donald trump, the  front-runner for the gop presidential nomination, has reveled in what ...
jun 19, 2016 ... russian leader vladimir putin said he didn't praise presumptive republican  nominee donald trump quite effusively as has been reported. speaking to  fareed zakaria during a panel discussion in st. petersburg, putin responded  friday to a question about his praise for trump by saying: "i only said that he ...
throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, donald trump consistently broke  from political orthodoxy in his effusive praise of russian president vladimir putin.  ... who putin is. he said one nice thing about me. he said i'm a genius. i said  thank you very much to the newspaper and that was the end of it. i never met  putin.” ...
may 6, 2016 ... donald trump continues to make the puffed-up assertion that russian president  vladimir putin called him a “genius.” russian ... to clarify: the word he used was  'yarkii' (яркий), which can mean bright or brilliant, but not in the sense of  intelligent; it can also be translated as colorful, vivid or flamboyant.”.