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We watched hours of broadcasts on Russian networks and spoke with expert fact checkers to understand how Russia is spinning the war it started in Ukraine.

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Former President Donald Trump smiles as he speaks at a rally, Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Selma, N.C.
Former President Donald Trump smiles as he speaks at a rally, Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Selma, N.C.Chris Seward/AP
  • Donald Trump was asked if Russia's actions in Ukraine were evil.

  • Trump criticized NATO, which he described as a paper tiger.

  • The former president has avoided criticisms of Putin.

Donald Trump criticized NATO when he was asked about Russia.

In an interview with the former president on Wednesday, Sean Hannity asked him about war crimes and atrocities committed by Russia.

There are mass graves. Innocent civilians are being killed in the streets. We have leveled entire neighborhoods.

Trump criticized NATO instead of directly answering the question.

In 100 years, people are going to look back and say how we stood back and NATO stood back, which in many ways I have called a paper tiger, Trump said.

—Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 14, 2022

The former president criticized NATO member states for not spending as much as the US.

During his time in office, Trump threatened to withdraw from the alliance and pressured other member states to increase defense spending.

In the interview with Fox, Trump said that Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he was still president.

It would never have happened under the Trump administration, Trump said.

I knew Putin very well, almost as well as you, Sean, Trump told his friend.

I will let you know. We talked about it. We talked a lot about it. He wanted to go into Ukraine, but I told him not to.

In the interview, Trump referred to the actions of Russia as "genocide".

He stopped short of condemning Russia or calling its actions evil.

It is not the first time that the former president has been asked to describe the actions of Putin and Russia.

In a March 10 interview, just weeks after the invasion of Ukraine, Trump was asked if he recognized that Putin was evil.

This doesn't seem to be the same Putin that I was dealing with.

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive at a joint press conference after their summit on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland.Chris McGrath/Getty Images

In the early days of the invasion, the former president praised Putin's war strategy as "genius" and "smart", as he described the Russian president as being "smart".

He brags about his good relationships with authoritarian leaders while he criticizes NATO and US allies.

On Thursday, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell commented that Trump appears to not have the "moral clarity" of Sean Hannity, in rare praise of the Fox News host.

Donald Trump didn't say anything. He said a couple of hundred words that included NATO, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, NATO becoming rich, but he did not dare to insult Chuck Todd.

The original article is on Business Insider.

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