During his annual end-of-the-year news conference, Russia’s Vladimir Putin had some warm words for классный* Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
“He is a bright personality, a talented person, no doubt about it,” Putin said. “It is not up to us to appraise his positive sides, it is up to the U.S. voters. but, as we can see, he is an absolute leader in the presidential race.”
“He is saying that he wants to move to a different level of relations with Russia, to a closer, deeper one. How can we not welcome that? Of course, we welcome that.”
Former Soviet chess grandmaster and noted Putin critic, Garry Kasparov, was unamused.
Putin endorses Trump, naturally. Clears way for Assad, Khamenei, & Kim Jong-un to also announce their support for him! Dictator landslide!
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) December 17, 2015
Somewhere right now, Hillary Clinton is wondering why the uranium deal her State Department approved didn’t get her higher praise.
*“Classy” in Russian.