Zelenskyyexplained, “Russia must be held accountable for manipulating the notion of genocide to justify aggression.

Despite this, former President Trump has beenbusy praising Russian President Vladimir Putin.

As theinvasion of Ukrainebegan to unfold Wednesday night, Trump spoke with Fox News' Laura Ingraham.

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“[Putin] was going to be satisfied with the peace,” Trump argued.

“And now he sees the weakness and the incompetence of the stupidity of this administration.”

Oh, that’s wonderful.

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I said, ‘How smart is that?’

And he’s going to go in and be a peacekeeper.

That’s the strongest peace force.

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… We could use that on our southern border.

That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen.

There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen.

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They’re going to keep the peace all right.

Instead of denouncing Putin’s actions, there has been sympathy and approval for Russia’s invasion.

For Americans, Russia during that time was very much the enemy.

“The Russian attack on Ukraine is appalling,” he said Saturday night,Rolling Stonereports.

“It’s an outrage, and an atrocity that should never have been allowed to occur.

We are praying for the proud people of Ukraine.”

The thing is, polls show Americans agree.