Russia state TV host suggests Moscow could 'reinstall' Trump as US president

The host of Russian state TV suggested that Donald Trump could return to the White House if he runs again.

Skabeyeva said during an episode of her talk show that Russia will have to think about whether to install him as the American president again. We haven't made a final decision.

—Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 5, 2022

Julia Davis, who monitors and analyzes Russian media, underscores the ongoing threat Russia poses to US elections, especially at a time of high tension between the two nations.

Russia interfered in the 2016 and 2020 elections in order to boost Trump's chances of winning, according to intelligence agencies. No American votes were changed as a result of these efforts.

Russia has denied interfering in the US elections.

Donald Trump's relationship with Russia was heavily scrutinized as he downplayed the Kremlin's interference in the US elections.

There was no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians to interfere in the election. The conclusion was that the Trump campaign welcomed the interference.

According to the report, the Russian government believed it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome.

Trump and Russia

Critics have criticized Trump for praising and defending Putin.

In one of the most notorious moments of his presidency, Donald Trump appeared to side with the Russian leader over his US intelligence apparatus on the subject of Russia's election interference.

Trump walked back on those comments after being criticized in Washington.

Trump has continued to praise Putin even after he left the presidency. In February, the former president praised Putin's justifications for attackingUkraine. The Biden administration imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia because of theUkraine war.

Trump hasn't officially announced he'll run in 2024. Even though other Republicans are positioning themselves for White House bids of their own, he is suggesting he will seek the GOP presidential nomination again.

The 2020 election results are being rejected by Trump and his allies with baseless claims of voter fraud.

Democrats accuse Trump of inciting a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol in January 2021, in a bid to stop Congress' certification of states' electoral vote counts, and the US House impeached him for a second time as a result.