Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume on Monday said one thing is now “clear” from President Donald Trump’s most recent comments expressing his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
And that is that Trump “got played” for a long time by his counterpart over the war in Ukraine, Hume told “Special Report” anchor Bret Baier.
Trump for months appeared to have fallen for Putin’s false assurances about ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2022, said Hume.
“It’s clear, from what the president himself has said — although he wouldn’t put it this way — that he got played by Putin,” Hume claimed. “And it dragged on for months, and he was being jollied along under the impression that Putin had obviously given him that Putin wanted to end the war and was prepared to negotiate from where we are.”
“And it’s pretty clear now that Putin didn’t want to end the war where we are,” he added. “He had more conquest in mind, and perhaps wanted his whole original purpose of taking Ukraine to be fulfilled.”
Earlier Monday, Trump said he was “very unhappy” with Putin for failing to bring the war to an end. He also threatened “secondary tariffs” on Russia if Putin doesn’t agree to a ceasefire within 50 days and announced the sale of new military equipment to Ukraine.
Watch Hume’s analysis here:
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