Putin allies praise Trump as 'Lenin of 21st century' for ditching Ukraine aid

Donald Trump paused overseas assistance for 90 days aft returning to bureau connected Monday - but has challenged Vladimir Putin to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine oregon look utmost sanctions

Vladimir Putin propagandists person positively compared Donald Trump to Communist dictator Vladimir Lenin arsenic they heaped praise connected him for ditching assistance to Ukraine.

Russia-1 TV anchor and 1 of the dictator's astir salient propagandists Olga Skabeyeva and her antheral co-host reacted to Trump's archetypal time of his 2nd term. The hosts past celebrated Trump intermission connected each overseas aid, including for Ukraine. Skabeyeva said: "Trump wants to beryllium remembered arsenic a peacemaker.

"He paused each overseas assistance for 90 days, which includes backing for the Ukrainian war. In his code the US president did not notation Ukraine adjacent once...It's bully Trump has ambitious plans, but we'll spot astir that."

While Trump's pausing of overseas assistance volition person a planetary impact, Ukrainian officials said connected Tuesday they mightiness good person escaped the worst effects. Roksolana Pidlasa, caput of the fund committee successful the Ukrainian parliament told Politico: "In presumption of fund funding, we're secured. Biden's medication transferred each the funds nether the ERA inaugural to the World Bank."

Trump's instrumentality to the highest bureau successful the US was praised an unthinkable feat by 1 of the commentators connected Russia's astir fashionable nationalist quality channel. He was past compared positively to communist dictator Lenin who ushered successful the dominance of the Soviet Union implicit eastbound Europe.

"Today is the 101st day of the passing of the top person of the 20th period ," said Vitaly Tretyakov, dean of Moscow State University's School of Television. "Our person Vladimir Lenin.

"He flipped the world upside down. He successfully attempted to realise the task [communism] that ne'er earlier existed successful the past of humanity. In your erstwhile show, I compared Trump to Vlaidimir Zhirinovsky (a right-wing populist person who died successful 2022). But Zhirinovsky did not travel to power. Trump did travel to power, similar Lenin. He volition go the Lenin of the 21st century."

The hosts besides fixated connected Trump's erstwhile comments astir ending the warfare successful Ukraine wrong 24 hours, noting helium fumbled the pledge. "Note that helium failed to fulfil his archetypal predetermination committedness to halt the warfare connected the archetypal time of his presidency," the antheral anchor said

"When journalists asked him astir it, Trump joked that the time is lone halfway done. If we number starting from the infinitesimal helium was sworn in, astatine this infinitesimal helium has astir an hr 30 minutes left. Chances are precise low."

Trump has threatened hefty sanctions connected Russia if Putin does not marque a woody to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine. Writing connected his societal media level TruthSocial, Trump said: "Settle now, and halt this ridiculous war. It's lone going to get worse. If we don't marque a woody and soon, I person nary different prime but to enactment precocious levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions connected thing being sold Russia to the United States. We tin bash it the casual way, oregon the hard mode - and the casual mode is ever better."

The Mirror has contacted the Russian Government for comment.