It’s very odd that he never mentioned this before, isn’t it? Is he making an argument that he should be president for life, like his good buddy Vlad?
I think it’s probably true that Putin talked to Trump about Ukraine. Trump got it in his head that the Ukrainians were terrible, corrupt people from somewhere. I doubt that Putin ever promised him he wouldn’t invade as long as Trump was in office but you never know. He was almost certainly pushing Trump to withdraw from NATO, seeing how much he loathed the Europeans who he insisted were trying to rip off America by refusing to pay their “dues.” If that meant he wouldn’t invade as long as Trump was doing his bidding I’m sure the thought it was quite a good deal.
Trump is still very cagey about his good pal Vlad and there has to be a reason for that. I wonder if he thinks those secret conversations might have been recorded?