Putin praises ‘clever and experienced’ Donald Trump but claims president-elect is ‘not safe’

Putin full of praise for ‘intelligent and experienced’ Trump after election victorySputnik

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00:00President Trump, a smart and experienced person, will come up with a solution,

00:07especially given that he has gone through quite an ordeal of fighting to reclaim the Oval Office.

00:22Well, probably just like me, you are amazed not by the fact that absolutely uncivilized

00:32means had been used against Trump, all the way up to assassination attempts,

00:37numerous assassination attempts. And I think he's not safe even now.

00:42The history of the United States has known many cases, but I think President Trump is a smart

00:54person and a cautious one, I hope. But what amazed me most, that in fighting him, not only

01:05Trump was subjected to humiliating court procedures, accusations and so on, but his family was attacked

01:18as well, his children were attacked. Gangsters don't do this in Russia. When criminal gangs fight,

01:26they don't touch children and women, it's men who fight among themselves. But those guys

01:36stooped as low as that. I think this looks so bad that it only reaffirms,

01:48reconfirms how low the political system of the United States has fallen.

01:53Do you think that the current administration wants to create additional difficulties for the future?

02:19This is also possible. But, as far as I can imagine, the newly elected president,

02:28he is still a smart and experienced person, I think he will find a solution.

02:34Especially after he has undergone such, let's say, a very serious test as the fight for the return to the White House.