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Putin a better leader than Obama: Trump
WASHINGTON: Russian President Vladimir Putin is “far more” of a leader than Barack Obama, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Wednesday, echoing
WASHINGTON: Russian President Vladimir Putin is “far more” of a leader than Barack Obama, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Wednesday, echoing previous praise for the Kremlin strongman.
Putin is “very much of a leader ,” Trump said in a televised interview, where he and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton were separately grilled over their national security and military credentials.
Trump has made no secret of his admiration for Put in, who last year praised the US business man as “very outstanding.”
Put in “has very strong control over a country,” Trump said.
“It’s a very different system, and I don’ t happen to like the system. But certainly in that system he’s been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader .”
Before Trump spoke, Clinton too was asked about her security smarts, but also faced questions on the sprawling email scandal that continues to over shadow her White House run. The interviewer, NBC’s Matt Lauer, asked why it wasn’ t “disqualifying” for Clinton to have handled government emails on a private server while secretary of state .“It was a mistake to have a personal account. I would certainly not do it again. I make no excuses for it .”
