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Speaking to reporters on Monday, President Biden said that he wasn't walking back the remark he made on Saturday, when he told a crowd in Warsaw, Poland, that Russian President Putin couldn't stay in power. He said that the remark on Saturday did not signal a policy change by the U.S. government.

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Donald Trump has sought to explain his glowing appraisal of the Russian leader after the US showed a lot of disapproval of him.

On Wednesday, Trump released a statement in which he tried to understand the meaning of the word "genius" when referring to Putin's military strategy.

The Fake News is saying that I called Putin a genius because I thought he would be able to negotiate a great deal with Russia.

Trump did not explain why he had praised Putin for trying to undermine Western interests.

Putin went too far, acting on the WEAK Foreign Policy of the Biden Administration. The fake news said I called him a genius. I was talking about the great negotiating posture he had prior to entering Ukraine and fighting. There was no genius about that.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hands a 2018 World Cup soccer ball to then-President Donald Trump as they stand onstage in Helsinki.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, offers a 2018 World Cup soccer ball to then-President Donald Trump in Helsinki. (Yuri Kadovnov/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's attempt to clarify his "genius" comment is a sign of how strong the political winds have shifted on Russia. Tucker Carlson, host of Fox News, questioned why the U.S. should support Kyiv. Trump continued to praise Putin. The day before the Russian invasion, Trump called Putin a genius.

I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said that it was genius. Trump said on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show that he would go out and that he used the word "independent".

The American public and politicians of both major U.S. parties have been united in their opposition to the attack. According to a survey released Wednesday by the research center, almost all of Americans don't have a lot of confidence in Putin's handling of world affairs. Only a small percentage of people expressed confidence in him.

Trump, who sharply criticized NATO during his presidency, is now attempting to take credit for the alliance's strength.

Former President Donald Trump points toward the audience as he speaks during a rally.
Former President Donald Trump at a rally in Commerce, Ga., on Saturday. (Alyssa Pointer/Reuters)

As recently as last weekend, Trump reiterated his view that the Russian autocrat is smart.

Trump told a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally that the smartest one gets to the top. Yes, Putin was smart. I thought he was going to be negotiating. I said that it was a great way to negotiate, put 200,000 soldiers on the border.

The relationship between Trump and Putin appears to be friendly. A host on Russian state television called for regime change in the U.S., before Biden's term ends, so that Trump could become President.

The former national security adviser to the president believes that Putin sees Trump as useful to weaken the NATO alliance.

In a second Trump term, I think he may have withdrawn from NATO, according to the Washington Post.

NATO would rethink whether they can count on the United States if Trump were to win a second White House turn, and there is little doubt that such an outcome would please Putin. The debate over the words Trump has used to describe the Russian president may have an impact on how he fares should he run.

Although Trump denies calling Putin a genius, he has bragged about an identical compliment he says Putin gave him. When he was campaigning for president, Trump said Putin had praised him.

Putin was nice to me, he said Donald Trump is a genius.

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