Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) mentioned on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “not to be trusted,” in addition to “dangerous.”
“What is your view of Vladimir Putin?” CNN’s Dana Bash requested Johnson on “State of the Union.”
“I think Vladimir Putin is an old-school communist, a former KGB agent, and he’s not to be trusted and he is dangerous,” Johnson responded. “The way I view this is that China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are engaged in a new Axis — Axis powers, and they are not on America’s side. Let’s be crystal clear about that.”
Johnson’s feedback comply with a tense Oval Workplace assembly with President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Vice President Vance on Friday, which featured shouting and finger-pointing. The president and Zelensky argued over U.S. assist for Ukraine.
Following the assembly, Trump mentioned on his Reality Social platform that the Ukrainian president “is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations.”
“I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace,” Trump mentioned on Reality Social of Zelensky.
Trump has been pushing for an finish to the battle between Russia and Ukraine, with U.S. and Russian officers assembly in Saudi Arabia final month.
In his “State of the Union” look, Johnson mentioned that Trump “is trying to be the change agent … to broker a peace and an end to this conflict, and you have to have both parties at the table to do that, you have to negotiate with both parties and there has to be a willingness on … both sides to bring it to an end.”
