Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump each say they are ready to reconnect

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump both signaled, Thursday, November 7, that they were ready to resume contact, after the Republican’s victory in the American presidential election. “If anyone wants to get back in touch, I don’t mind. I’m ready »Mr. Putin said at a forum, about Mr. Trump. “I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his election to the presidency of the United States,” he added.

“I think we’re going to talk.”declared Donald Trump about the Russian president, during an interview with NBC. The newly elected American president clarified that he had already ” probably “ spoken to 70 foreign leaders since his victory on Tuesday.

What Donald Trump said “on the desire to restore relations with Russia, to help end the Ukrainian crisis, in my opinion, deserves at least attention,” added Mr. Putin. During his campaign, the Republican candidate assured that he would find an agreement with Russia and succeed in putting an end to the war in Ukraine “in less than twenty-four hours”without giving further details.

“He’s a man.”

Before the American election, Vladimir Putin had publicly declared that he would prefer to see Joe Biden, then Kamala Harris, in the White House, judging them more “predictable” for Moscow than the Republican. Before Vladimir Putin sent his congratulations to Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described the United States as a country “ hostile » to Russia, in particular because of its involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.

According to a book published by the famous journalist Bob Woodward, Donald Trump would have spoken to Vladimir Putin in secret on several occasions after he left the White House in 2021. The Republican would also have secretly sent Covid screening tests 19 to his Russian counterpart in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

On Thursday, the master of the Kremlin also assured that he was impressed by the way in which Mr. Trump behaved during an assassination attempt that narrowly missed him during a meeting in July. “He turned out to be a courageous person”declared Mr. Putin. “People show who they are in extraordinary circumstances. This is where a person reveals himself. And he behaved, in my opinion, very correctly, courageously. Like a man »launched Mr. Putin.