Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., told Newsmax on Wednesday that President Donald Trump showed “real American leadership” last week during his recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Trump and Putin met in Alaska last Friday for a face-to-face meeting aimed at making progress towards a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.
Schmitt told “Wake Up America” that “this is what American leadership looks like,” adding, “We never saw any of this over the last four years with [former President] Joe Biden. And of course, [former President] Barack Obama let … Russia just sort of marched through Crimea right in 2014.
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