President Donald Trump said Friday that he believes Russian leader Vladimir Putin is helping Iran in its war against the United States and Israel.Trump’s comments came in a radio interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, and one week after the president criticized Fox News reporter Peter Doocy for asking at the White House about reports that Russia is aiding Iran.Kilmeade asked Trump on Friday, “Do you think Putin is helping him?”
Trump responded, “I think he might be helping them a little bit, yes.”“I think, and he probably thinks we’re helping Ukraine, right?” Trump continued.“Yes, we are helping them too,” Trump said, referring to Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia since its invasion in early 2022.“So he (Putin) says so, and China will say the same thing, you know,” Trump told Kilmeade.“It’s like, ‘Hey, they do this, and we do this,’ in all fairness,” Trump said. “They do this, and we do this.”Trump spoke to Putin on Monday.During that call, “the Russians said they were not sharing intelligence with Iran,” US special envoy Steve Witkoff told CNBC in an interview on Tuesday.“So, you know, we can take their word for it,” Witkoff said that day. “Let’s hope they’re not sharing.”