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
00:04So, you know Vladimir Putin you think he's a killer?
00:07Mm-hmm. I do like Putin. He likes me, you know, we get along
00:19Now look the man in the eye I
00:21found it to be very straightforward and
00:24trustworthy
00:26And we had a very good dialogue. I was able to
00:31Get a sense of his soul
00:47A lot of people never really dreamt that an American president
00:51And a Russian president could have established the friendship that we had
00:57We were enemies for a long period of time
01:00When I was in high school, Russia was an enemy
01:05Now the high school students can know Russia's a friend
01:12He's got that kind of slouch looking like the board kid in the back of the classroom
01:25I don't have a bad personal relation with Putin when we have conversations
01:30They're candid. They're blunt. I know the press likes to focus on body language and he's got that kind of slouch
01:36Looking like the board kid in the back of the classroom
01:40But the truth is is that when we're in conversations together
01:44Oftentimes is very productive. I
01:49Respect Putin he's a strong leader. I can tell you that unlike what we have
02:00I
02:09President Putin called me up very nicely to congratulate me on the win of the election
02:14Putin's a killer a lot of killers. We've got a lot of killers. Why you think our country's so innocent like Putin
02:20He likes me, you know, we get along. It's bad. Is it wouldn't you say it's smart to get along? Okay smart
02:27So
02:29What specifically will you do differently to change Vladimir Putin's behavior?
02:34Well, first of all, there's no guarantee you can change a person's behavior or the bravery's country
02:41Autocrats have enormous power and they don't have to answer to a public
02:44Why do you think he hasn't changed his behavior in spite of everything the u.s. Has done to this point?
02:50He's Vladimir Putin
02:57You
03:04Putin is the aggressor Putin chose this war and now he and his country will bear the consequences
03:26You