00:00Vladimir Putin may be the world's enemy number one at the moment, but according to Stephanie Grisham, former White House press secretary to Donald Trump, apparently not only did the former president admire Vladimir Putin, but he was also afraid of him.
00:13She said this in an interview on The View recently, quote, honestly, I think he feared him. I think he was afraid of him. I think the man intimidated him. But she goes on to say that Trump admired him greatly for his ability to impart that fear.
00:25It's an air the Russian president has cultured over many years, with many obvious assassinations linked to the Kremlin. But Grisham adds, I think Trump wanted to be able to kill whoever spoke out against him.
00:35Donald Trump has been talking big since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began nearly two weeks ago. However, Grisham paints a different picture of Donald Trump, a man who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War five times, and said if this was happening to him, he wouldn't stick around like the Ukrainian president, explaining,
00:51Donald Trump would be 57 feet below ground hiding and Zelensky is out there fighting for his country. And I just think that's great.