After the death of the Kremlin critic
Bizarre show: Donald Trump compares himself to Alexei Navalny on Fox News
Donald Trump is greeted by FOX host Laura Ingraham. In the news program, the ex-US President once again commented on the death of Alexei Navalny
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Former US President Donald Trump spoke again on Fox News about the death of Alexei Navalny – and drew bizarre parallels to the Kremlin critic.
At first he remained silent, now one crude comparison follows the next: Unlike US President Joe Biden, Donald Trump did not expect the death of Kremlin critics for a long time Alexei Navalny reacts. On Monday he made an absurd comparison on the platform he founded: “The sudden death of Alexei Navalny made me more and more aware of what is happening in our country.”
He now upped the ante on the conservative news channel Fox. “Navalny is a very sad situation. He is very brave, he was a very brave guy.” One had to expect that something like this would happen. Navalny should not have returned to Russia, the ex-US President continued.
Trump: “It’s terrible, but it happens in our country too”
Trump has regularly made positive comments about Putin in the past and has also given the impression that he admires the Russian president. After Navalny’s death, he left Putin unmentioned – even when asked by Fox journalist Laura Ingraham.
In a conversation with Ingraham, Trump instead draws parallels between the Russian autocracy and the USA: “It’s terrible, but it happens in our country too.” The USA is turning into a “communist country”.
He himself has been accused four times and is involved in eight or nine cases – for “ridiculous things”. “And that’s only because I went into politics,” says Trump.
Referring to a trial in which he was sentenced to a $355 million fine in New York last week, Trump said: “It’s like Navalny.” And further: “It is a type of communism, of fascism.”
Fox host Laura Ingraham asked Trump directly: “Do you see yourself as a potential political prisoner in the United States?” The ex-president doesn’t give a direct answer, but says: “If I lost in the polls, they wouldn’t talk about me and I wouldn’t have to pay legal fees.”
USA wants to announce sanctions against Russia on Friday
The US plans to announce new sanctions against Russia on Friday as a result of Navalny’s death – “to hold Russia accountable for what happened to Mr Navalny,” US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday. A few days earlier, President Joe Biden had blamed Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin for Navalny’s death.
Long-time Putin critic Alexey Navalny died suddenly on Friday in a prison camp in the Arctic Circle at the age of 47. Despite international protests, the authorities still refuse to give his relatives access to his body.
The Bundestag wants to discuss the consequences of Navalny’s death in a current hour on Wednesday afternoon.
Sources: FOX NewsAFP