In a rambling, partly ad-libbed speech to attendees of the far right conservative CPAC conference Donald Trump, the former U.S. president, praised the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, who is right now exploding bombs on the sovereign nation of Ukraine in an illegal attack experts say make him a war criminal.
Political and legal experts are aghast, denouncing Trump’s speech:
Political historian Marc C. Johnson fumes: “This is among the most reprehensible things an American politician has ever said. Ever said.”