GREENVILLE, South Carolina: Former US president Donald Trump stated on Tuesday (Feb 20) that Alexei Navalny was “a really courageous man” who “in all probability” mustn’t have returned to Russia, with out assigning any blame for the Russian opposition chief’s surprising loss of life.
Democratic President Joe Biden and different Western leaders have blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for Navalny’s loss of life, as has Nikki Haley, who trails far behind Trump as his sole remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination.
“Navalny is a really unhappy state of affairs, and he’s a really courageous, he was a really courageous man as a result of he went again. He may have stayed away,” Trump stated throughout a city corridor interview with Fox Information host Laura Ingraham in South Carolina.
“And, frankly, in all probability would have been lots higher off staying away and speaking from exterior of the nation versus having to return in, as a result of folks thought that might occur and it did occur. And it is a horrible factor,” he stated.
The Kremlin has denied involvement in Navalny’s loss of life and stated that Western claims that Putin was accountable are unacceptable.
Trump – who has expressed admiration for Putin throughout his 2017-2021 White Home tenure and afterward – additionally continued to match himself to Navalny, implying that each males had confronted unjust prosecutions attributable to their political opinions.
“Nevertheless it’s occurring in our nation too,” he stated. “We’re turning right into a communist nation in some ways. And should you have a look at it – I am the main candidate. I get indicted.”
