Biden has called him a "killer" and an "aggressor." Trump said of him, "We get along." Obama described him as "a bored kid."
Here's what U.S. presidents have said about Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Here's what U.S. presidents have said about Russian President Vladimir Putin...
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00:00I'd like to congratulate President Putin for being the only person that caught a fish today.
00:04I like Putin, he likes me. You know, we get along.
00:15I looked the man in the eye. I found it to be very straightforward and trustworthy.
00:22We had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul.
00:30A lot of people never really dreamt that an American president
00:47and a Russian president could have established the friendship that we had.
00:53We were enemies for a long period of time. When I was in high school, Russia was an enemy.
01:00Now the high school students can know Russia is a friend.
01:08He's got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom.
01:22I don't have a bad personal relation with Putin. When we have conversations,
01:26they're candid, they're blunt. I know the press likes to focus on body language,
01:30and he's got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom.
01:36But the truth is, is that when we're in conversations together, oftentimes it's very
01:41productive.
02:01President Putin called me up very nicely to congratulate me on the win of the election.
02:06I like Putin, he likes me. You know, we get along.
02:09Isn't it, wouldn't you say it's smart to get along? Okay, smart.
02:21Well, first of all, there's no guarantee you can change a person's behavior or the behavior
02:26of his country. Autocrats have enormous power, they don't have to answer to a public.
02:36He's Vladimir Putin.
02:38Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war,
02:56and now he and his country will bear the consequences.
03:08Yeah.