Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said in an interview aired Sunday that he didn’t think rival Donald Trump should be honored by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s endorsement.
Putin had called Trump last week a “bright personality” and a “talented person.” Trump returned the compliment and said Putin was “highly respected” and that it was a “great honor” to have his praise.
But Rubio said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” that he doesn’t want Putin’s endorsement. And neither should Trump.
“Vladimir Putin is a wily, cost benefit analysis political actor who is trying to have Russia recognized as a great global power on par with the United States and who wants the world to return to a sphere of influence system of politics,” Rubio said.
“Vladimir Putin is a person who has killed — he’s jailed and murdered journalists, political opponents. He bombed an apartment building as a pretext to attack the Chechens,” Rubio continued. “He is responsible for the downing of the Malaysian airliner over Ukraine, because he provided the antiaircraft weaponry that was used for that. So this is a person who’s done some horrifying things on the global stage.”
Putin can’t wait to play Donald for the jejune nitwit he will be on the world stage. If Trump becomes President, we can kiss the Baltic countries goodbye. Putin will annex that shit faster than Donald can pull a building permit in Manhattan. Trump will still be kissing up to him while he marches through Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Trump: I like leaders, especially those who kill their enemies. Whats exactly wrong with killing the opposition party? What good are democrats for this country.
Palin: I now like Putin’s head in Alaskan sky. So adorable and powerful.
As if T rump could win a negotiation with Putin.
Jeb!: Rubio is inexperienced. My brother looked into Putin’s eyes and found a trustworthy partner for USofA. I will always follow great leaders like Dubya over Rubio, who incidentally doesnt know how to drink water on national TV.
Now, now – gotta give the man some credit.
Trump: “See! Look what I got for us! – I got the right to start construction of Trump Towers: Moscow!”