'This is a disaster': Trump blasts 'incompetent' Kamala Harris and Biden for Ukraine crisis

'I understood them and they understood me. Nobody was ever tough on Russia like I was,' Trump remarked

UPDATED MAR 11, 2022

Former president of the United States Donald Trump expressed his dissatisfaction over US's response to Putin (Photo by Michael Zarrilli/Getty Images)

Trump spoke on the phone with Sean Hannity on the current situation between Russia and Ukraine. As the war between Russia and Ukraine worsens, Trump claims that Biden is "playing into Putin's hands." In response to a query regarding Ukrainian refugees, he dubbed Vice President Harris "incompetent" and referred to a video of her laughing during a press conference earlier today.

Hannity questioned Trump if he considers people like Putin to be enemies with whom he must have a close relationship. "I got along with these people well," Trump said. "I understood them and they understood me. Nobody was ever tough on Russia like I was," Trump remarked. "Putin will tell you."

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When Hannity questioned if Trump thought Putin was evil, Trump didn't provide a clear answer. Instead, he remarked, "When you look, this doesn't seem to be the same Putin I was dealing with. But I will tell you, he wouldn't have changed if I were dealing with him, he wouldn't have changed."

Trump also told Hannity that he believes Putin wishes he hadn't begun "this mess," and that the Russian leader is "in a bad corner." Trump continued, "This is turning into a disaster." The former president also spoke about inflation and the rise in gas prices that Americans are seeing.

"You could really reduce inflation fairly rapidly if you could solve the energy problem," he remarked. "Normal, beautiful, midwestern states are paying four or five dollars [a gallon] … it's gonna be a shock like this country hasn't had in a long time." The Green New Deal, Trump added, "is gonna destroy the country. These people don't know what they're doing."

Hannity asked Trump about 2022 and 2024 in the final seconds of the programme. "I think we're gonna have a tremendous victory in the House," Trump said. He expressed similar views on the Senate races. "I think a lot of people are going to be very happy in 2024."