Trump Questions If Putin Killed Reporters: ‘I Don’t Think It’s Been Proven’

Trump later said of Putin, “He’s running his country and at least he’s a leader, unlike what we have in this country”.

McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, asserted that Mr. Putin has murdered “people I knew”, Buzzfeed reported. “Obviously that would be a concern, would it not?” “Unlike what we have in this country”. He views his success by pushing us back. But she just made this up in thin air.”“Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd pressed Trump on his rhetoric, asking him, ”If you knew your words were being used, would you change your language?” Trump dismissed the question.“No, because I think that my words represent toughness and strength. Thirty two of those killings went unsolved. Lot of killing going on, a lot of stupidity, and that’s the way it is.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio slammed Trump on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” saying that he shouldn’t be honored by the Russian leader. Trump addressed the issue on ABCs “This Week” on Sunday.

Donald Trump says, “I haven’t seen any evidence that [Vladimir Putin] killed anybody in terms of reporters”, but if he did, “I think it’s despicable”.

“When people call you brilliant, it’s always good, especially when the person heads up Russia”, Trump said. You’re supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, at least in our country. “I’m saying, when you say a man has killed reporters, I’d like you to prove it. And I’m-I’m saying it would be a bad thing if it were true, but I have never seen any information or any proof that he killed reporters, George. He’s making mincemeat out of our president”, Trump said Sunday. That would mean massaging The Donald’s ego by playing nice and living up to the tycoon’s claims that he’d work well with Putin to patch things up.

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He added Russian Federation could be a strong ally for the U.S.in the fight against ISIS.

“If we get along well with Russian Federation, that’s a positive thing”, Trump added.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to defend Russian President Vladimir Putin against allegations he has ordered journalists and political rivals killed, as Trump’s opponents stepped up their criticism of the warming Trump-Putin relationship.

MSNBC’s report noted that the Committee to Protect Journalists has published the names of journalists killed in Russia: “Since 1992, the CPJ says that 56 journalists of various nationalities have been killed in Russia”.