Donald Trump decided to weigh in on Vladimir Putin and
some terminology that he uses regularly.
His choice of description here is fascinating.
So let's watch.
>> I listened to him constantly using the N Word,
that's the N Word and he's constantly using it the nuclear word.
And we never talk if we say he's a nuclear power, but we're a greater nuclear power.
We have the greatest submarines in the world, most powerful machines ever built.
>> So look, I don't know if he did that intentionally.
I mean when people hear N Word, they think of something completely different,
they're not thinking of nuclear weapons.
Most people just say nuclear weapons because nuclear is not a racial
slur that has terrible history behind it, just say nuclear weapons.
I don't know what he was doing there, it was very strange.
>> He's a goofball.
And look, I think the most interesting part of the story is
Stuart Varney's pushback which he did throughout the interview.
You didn't see it there except in his facial expression.
Now like you're you might not remember Stuart Varney during the Trump years,
right?
He's a relatively low wattage anchor on Fox.
>> The Fox business pliz.
>> Yeah. But
at the same time he's a lows some right winger.
So he would say outrageous things from time to time that would get attention and
during the Trump years he was a fixed to Donald Trump's ass.
So and if Trump was on he was like who does Trumbo?
I do declare your brilliant, brilliant look at that,
what a great point he's made in this case,
he's like like making weird faces like what the hell is this guy talking about?
Which is by the way, the correct reaction.
But it's interesting that he's having that reaction on Fox.
>> Sure, that is the correct reaction, but
also Trump is talking like he starts this off by you using N word to
refer to nuclear weapons and he's saying N word as a negative thing,
which to the Fox News audience is is shocking, like.
>> Maybe that's why Barney was shock [LAUGH].
He said N word is bad nuclear.
>> Use the N Word what's so wrong about that?
And then he says nuclear and it becomes clear what he's referring to.
Know what I also found interesting about this interview though, and I'm
seeing more and more of this from Donald Trump as the war rages on in Ukraine,
he's starting to realize that his complimentary commentary in regard to
Vladimir Putin is maybe not a great mark on his record,
if he's really planning on running for president in 2024.
So he's starting to engage in this tough guy talk even though he aided
in a bedded Vladimir Putin certainly with withholding the military
aid that was appropriated by Congress for Ukraine.
That was the first reason why he got impeached,
remember he got impeached twice by the house.
And so it's just amazing that he's now trying to turn things around and
be like I am a tough guy and we he's going back to,
I have a bigger nuclear button than you do that kind of stuff, right?
That kind of rhetoric.
But what's important is he changes his rhetoric depending on what suits him,
right?
When it comes to Putin's behavior, I think that Trump actually does admire him.
I think he loves the fact that Putin is able to essentially surround himself with
yes men seek out insane punishment towards any government official who goes
against him.
Remember we talked about that very recently where Putin went after his
intelligence chief a few days prior to the invasion into Ukraine because his
intelligence chief wasn't gung ho about the invasion.
And so he like talked him down and of course in the end, his intelligence chief
just went along with what Putin wanted that's like Trump's dream,
that's what trump always wants.
But anyway, I want to go to the next video because in this
sought in this video he actually gets into just how much of a tough guy he is.
Let's watch.
>> Do you respect Putin?
>> Well, he's a different person.
I'll tell you something.
I got along with him and look,
I get along with him loving this country and he he loves his country.
Okay.
But he's a different person than he was.
He seems to be different.
>> Is, he isane.
>> He looks different is a different person.
>> Mentally?
>> It just doesn't seem to be the same person I was dealing with.
>> Okay, apologies.
So that's the video where he's trying to.
No I mean I love the guy and we were best buds but it's just that he's changed.
Okay.
It's like Dave Rubin's why I left the left right.
It's not because I changed, it's because the left changed.
>> Sure.
Yeah, he was such a classical liberal before.
Anyways in this case like Barney's trying to help him like is like.
>> Is he insane?
>> Yeah.
Is he got mental?
Well how has he changed?
Right.
But Anna is absolutely right.
There's quotes of Donald Trump talking about different dictators at different
times about how great it is there people are forced.
>> To honor them.
In fact in one quote about north Korea, he said it's great when he comes in the room,
they all have to rise up and applaud him.
Okay why is that great?
He's a dictator.
If they don't do that he will murder them but Trump thinks that's great.
I would love it if no one ever questioned me, I got to steal whatever I wanted and
take everybody's property.
And then everybody treated me like a dictator.
And then at the end when he lost the election he tried to become a dictator.
So that's who the right wing loves.
>> Right and and look Trump, we've shown you the compilation video a billion
times of all the insanely nice things that Trump said about Putin admiring him,
appreciating him celebrating him.
In fact, when he was asked about while he's holding a press conference with
Vladimir Putin right next to him, he's asked are you going to condemn Russia for
meddling in the 2016 elections?
And he's like Putin told me he didn't do it.
So I can tell you this.
I don't know why he would.
>> I mean, I don't know why a murderous tyrant would lie really then
you shouldn't be president.
You don't know why he would lie when he's the one who did the crime.
It's absurd.
>> But you know,
luckily he has now changed his mind since Putin is using the N word.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah.
So look again, Stuart Varney challenging him though and
he did throughout the interview.
That's a bit shocking.
And so that gives you a sense that the tide is turning a little bit before you
couldn't go after Trump on Fox or anywhere else in right wing media.
I mean, that was an end to your career now,
like Rando Bob on Fox Business is challenging him and
not just the ways that you saw there that was relatively minor and
the rest of the interview, he challenged him on the 2020 election.
Whoa, right.
>> The claims that it was rigged and stolen from Trump.
Yeah, you're right.
I mean, I watched the interview and Stuart Varney certainly did challenge him
way more than we ever experienced while Trump was in a position of power.
However, however, I think it's easy to be a little more challenging right now,
but we'll see how they behave as the republican primaries get started
when they start ramping up.
>> Absolutely, you're kidding me, If he starts to win again.
>> Yeah.
>> You will see that same Stuart Varney, if he goes on, go alright dude,
Donald Trump the brilliant, brilliant Donald Trump is back.
I'm so happy to hear.
Well tell us how brilliant and wonderful and humanitarian Vladimir Putin is.
We believe you instantly.
Okay, so yeah.
>> That was so bad.
>> What my British accent?
>> Yeah that's pretty terrible.
>> How dare you.
>> How dare.
>> You know what I like?
I like walking into a studio and everybody rises up and
applause you know what I'm saying?
>> I want us to bring the fire machine back,
he wants to give me a round of applause.
>> Yeah, that's a good idea to think about it [LAUGH].
>> [LAUGH]