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Now Trump Has Decided He Is ‘Very Offended’ By Putin’s Endorsement Of Kamala Harris

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Donald Trump has spoken out, yet again, about Vladimir Putin’s endorsement of Kamala Harris.

The Russian president seemed pretty sarcastic on Thursday when encouraged his supporters to back her, bizarrely praising how the Democratic nominee and current vice president “laughs so expressively and infectiously”.

It’s widely expected that a second Trump administration would be much softer on Putin and his brutal invasion of Ukraine than another term of the Democrats, so it’s unlikely the Russian authoritarian meant what he said.

But the ex-US president, who has often spoken very highly of Putin’s “genius”, did not seem to see it that way.

On Friday, he seemed unsure about how to react, telling his fans in New York: “I don’t know exactly what to say about that. I don’t know if I’m insulted or he did me a favour?”

But, by Saturday, he was telling a rally in Wisconsin that he was “very offended” by Putin’s endorsement of Harris.

He said: “I knew Putin. I knew him well. And you know, he endorsed, I don’t know if you saw the other day, he endorsed Kamala. He endorsed Kamala. I was very offended by that.

“I wonder why he endorsed Kamala. Now, he’s a chess player.

“Should I be upset about that? Was it done with a smile? I think it was done maybe with a smile. Who the hell knows.

“No one is going to figure it out. They’re about 19 steps ahead of us, this whole Russia thing. Nobody was tougher on Russia in history than Trump.

“And the person who knows that better than anyone was Vladimir Putin.”

But, the Republican nominee still found time to defend Russia as a whole.

He dismissed new concerns from the US’s Justice Department that Russia is trying to interfere with the upcoming election, just as it did in 2016.

Trump told the crowd, “the whole world laughed at it this time” when the new fears were revealed earlier this week.

“Oh no, it’s Russia, Russia, Russia, all over again,” he said, according to The Hill. “But they don’t look at China and they don’t look at Iran. I don’t know what it is with poor Russia.”

“Russia would never have happened if I was president, attacking Ukraine, it would never have happened,” he claimed, and promised: “I will have that war finished, settled, before I get to the White House, as president-elect I will get that done.”

Trump has repeatedly claimed he can resolve the Ukraine war but has not explained how he intends to do so, sparking worries that he will allow Russia to formally seize the Ukrainian territory it is already occupying.

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Catch Donald Trump Begging For Votes ‘Even If You Don’t Like Me’

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Donald Trump on Wednesday told people they have no choice but to vote for him, “even if you don’t like me.” (Watch the video below.)

The lighthearted plea during his Fox News town hall caught the attention of an observer who said he sounded “desperate.” Another commentator even accused the Republican nominee of “begging” for votes.

Host Sean Hannity replayed a 2019 pledge by Democratic foe Kamala Harris to ban fracking if she were president (although she has since changed her stance on the matter).

“Pennsylvania can’t take a chance that that answer is true,” Trump said, per Mediaite.

He predicted employment and economic disaster for the swing state without fracking.

“She’s not gonna allow it,” the former president said. “You can’t take the chance. You have no choice.”

“You’ve gotta vote for me,” he added, laughing. “You’ve gotta vote for me. Even if you don’t like me!”

One person offered a curt “no, thanks” while others on social media took a more analytical view of Trump’s plea:

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Donald Trump’s Bizarre Flex On His Smarts Has Critics Howling

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Self-proclaimed “extremely stable genius” Donald Trump’s boast about his “very smart” late uncle — which the former president used to suggest that, by extension, meant he was exceptionally clever too — drew mockery on social media on Wednesday.

The former president and current Republican nominee, during a town hall with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, was bombastically bragging about how he “understood” nuclear weapons “maybe better than anybody” when he went off on a tangent about John Trump, his physicist and inventor uncle who was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for almost half a century.

“Very smart guy. We have a smart family. It’s nice to have a smart family,” Trump said, before pivoting back to America’s nuclear program.

And, as before, people on social media had thoughts:

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Veterans Group Slams Trump Over His ‘Greatest Insult To All’ With Arlington Visit

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A progressive veterans group went after “disgusting” Donald Trump this past week following the Republican nominee’s controversial stop at Arlington National Cemetery that included campaign staffers’ altercation with cemetery officials.

“Now, maybe the greatest insult of all, turning a military cemetery visit into a political stunt with cameras in tow,” said a narrator in a scathing ad from political action committee VoteVets.

The ad arrives after an Arlington official, during Trump’s visit to the cemetery at the invitation of some family members of military service members killed in the 2021 Kabul airport attack, was allegedly “pushed” aside by campaign staffers after informing them not to film part of the cemetery where recently fallen U.S. troops were buried.

Federal law prohibits “political campaign or election-related activities” within Army National Military Cemeteries, according to a statement from the cemetery.

Trump has since shared a campaign video featuring footage from his visit while a campaign spokesperson has denied that a staffer pushed an official, claiming they were “clearly suffering from a mental health episode.”

Vice President Kamala Harris, on Saturday, declared that Trump “disrespected sacred ground” for a “political stunt” during the visit.

Trump used his Truth Social platform over the weekend to share clips of family members of fallen service members including one that described Trump and his team as “respectful” while another accused Harris of “playing politics.”

On Thursday, VoteVets ripped Trump over the Arlington visit after citing several instances where he insulted the military. The ad referred to Trump reportedly calling Americans killed in World War I “suckers” and “losers” as well as when he referred to avoiding sexually transmitted diseases as his “personal Vietnam.”

“Disgusting. Donald Trump, the grave markers veterans and military families drop a knee to are not your political props. They represent the heroes we’ve served alongside, men and women you could never measure up to, friends who lived and died by the oath we all swore to uphold,” the narrator declared.

The speaker continued: ”[It’s] something you will never understanding and why we’re doing our damndest to make sure no service member ever has to salute you as commander-in-chief ever again.”

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Trump’s on the run, panicked as his insults against those who serve catch up with him.

From mocking the wounded to turning military cemeteries into political stunts, he disrespects everything we stand for.

We’re making sure no Servicemember EVER has to salute him as Commander… pic.twitter.com/Z6Wuu20ghj

— VoteVets (@votevets) August 29, 2024

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Trump’s on the run, panicked as his insults against those who serve catch up with him.

From mocking the wounded to turning military cemeteries into political stunts, he disrespects everything we stand for.

We’re making sure no Servicemember EVER has to salute him as Commander… pic.twitter.com/Z6Wuu20ghj

— VoteVets (@votevets) August 29, 2024

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