Ex-Staffer Says Trump ‘Loved the Dictators’

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told The View that Donald Trump admired — but also feared — Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Said Grisham: “I think he was afraid of him. I think that the man intimidated him. Because Putin is a scary man, just frankly, I think he was afraid of him. I also think he admired him, greatly, I think he wanted to be able to kill whoever spoke out against him. So I think it was a lot of that. In my experience with him, he loved the dictators, he loved the people who could kill anyone, including the press.”

She added: “And I will say this, just in watching all of this with Zelensky, Donald Trump would be 57 feet below ground hiding. And Zelenskyy has been out there fighting for his country.”