WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is giving a thumbs-up to president-elect Donald Trump’s victory.
In a brief statement Wednesday, the Kremlin said Putin has sent Trump a telegram to congratulate him on winning. Putin expressed “his hope to work together for removing Russian-American relations from their crisis state.”
Putin also says he has confidence that building a constructive dialogue between Moscow and Washington — one based on principles of equality, mutual respect and a real accounting each other’s positions — is in the interest of both nations and the world.
Trump has drawn criticism for repeatedly praising Putin’s leadership and advocating a closer working relationship with Russia despite its record of human rights abuses and recent military incursions in Ukraine and Syria.
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Joy Reid called Putin the new leader of the free (?) world last night.
WAKE UP, WHITE PEOPLE. LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
Putin endorsing Trump on one side, David Dukes on the other. Good job, voters. A real winner.
I wonder if Putin sent Donald his new 100-day agenda yet.
OH MY FUCKING GOD I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING
I sure Putin is happy that he now has a new client state.
Ve did it, Comrade.