Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a gathering of the presidential council for civil society and human rights through a video hyperlink in Moscow, Russia, December 9, 2025.
Gavriil Grigorov | By way of Reuters
President Donald Trump on Friday stated he believed that Russian chief Vladimir Putin helps Iran in its battle in opposition to the USA and Israel.
Trump’s remark got here in a radio interview with Fox Information host Brian Kilmeade, and per week after the president lashed out at Fox Information reporter Peter Doocy for asking him on the White Home about studies that Russia was aiding Iran.
Kilmeade requested Trump on Friday: “You suppose Putin helps them?”
Trump replied, “I believe he is likely to be serving to them a bit, yeah.”
“I assume, and he in all probability thinks we’re serving to Ukraine, proper?” Trump continued.
“Yeah, we’re serving to them additionally,” Trump stated, referring to Ukraine, which has been at battle in opposition to Russia since being invaded in early 2022.
“So he [Putin] says that, and China would say the identical factor, you already know,” Trump informed Kilmeade.
“It is like, ‘Hey, they do it, and we do it, in all equity,’ ” Trump stated. “They do it, and we do it.”
Trump had a name with Putin on Monday.
U.S. Particular Envoy Steve Witkoff informed CNBC in an interview on Tuesday that in that decision, “The Russians stated they haven’t been sharing” intelligence with Iran.
“So, you already know, we will take them at their phrase,” Witkoff stated that day. “Let’s hope that they are not sharing.”
