Getting along with Russia (and others) is a good thing, not a bad thing."
Trump and Putin’s relationship goes back further than 2018.
Former President Donald Trump was one of the Republicans who originally sided with Putin.

Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine of Ukraine.
Putin declares it as independent."
I like to tell them, ‘Yes, he’s smart.'"

It seems, however, that Trump is denying he ever said that at all (perYahoo!
The Fake News said I called him a genius during the war.
There was nothing ‘genius’ about that!"