Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has described former U.S. President Donald Trump’s fascination with Russian President Vladimir Putin as “actually creepy.”
“The Republican Occasion below Donald Trump, and significantly the precise wing of the Republican Occasion, are very sympathetic to Vladimir Putin,” Turnbull, who led Australia from 2015 to 2018, stated on Australia ABC’s “Q+A” city corridor present.
“I imply, I’ve been with Trump and Putin. Trump is in awe of Putin,” Turnbull continued. “Once you see Trump with Putin, as I’ve on a couple of events, he’s just like the 12-year-old boy that goes to highschool and meets the captain of the soccer staff. ‘My hero!’ It’s actually creepy. It’s actually creepy.”
Throughout the identical broadcast, Turnbull slammed Trump as a “bully” who’s “interested in dictators and tyrants” and warned of the effect a second Trump time period might have on Australia’s nationwide safety.
Trump has repeatedly sided with Putin over U.S. authorities intelligence companies. Earlier this month, Trump stated he’d encourage Russia to do “regardless of the hell they need” to NATO members who don’t spend the promised quantity of two% of their gross home product on protection.
