Written by Gram Slattery
Democratic President Joe Biden and other Western leaders have blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for Navalny's death, leaving him far behind Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. The same goes for Nikki Haley.
“Mr. Navalny is in a very sad situation, but he was a very brave man and he came back and he was a very brave man. He could have stayed away,” Trump told Fox News in South Carolina. He said this in a town hall interview.
“And frankly, he It would probably have been much better to leave the country and talk from abroad rather than return to the country. Because people thought it could happen, and it did. And that's scary,” he said.
The Kremlin has denied any involvement in Navalny's death and said it did not accept Western claims that Putin was responsible.
Trump – who expressed Praise for President Putin between both During his 2017-2021 White House tenure and beyond, he continued to compare himself to Navalny, suggesting: they both I was facing P.politically motivated Prosecution.
“But it's happening in our country too.” playing cards Said. “We're becoming a communist country in many ways. And look, I'm the best candidate to be prosecuted.”
on sunday, playing cards wrote on truth A social post said Navalny's death in an Arctic penal colony last week had made him “more aware of what was going on” in the United States. Trump did not elaborate, but he has frequently dismissed the 91 criminal charges against him as politically motivated, an allegation that prosecutors deny.
BAiden on Tuesday harsh criticism Trump's Truth Social posted about Navalny's death, “Why does Trump always blame America?'' President Putin is responsible for Navalny's death. Why can't Trump say that? ”
Between fox news town hallIn the speech, delivered to a live audience in Greenville four days before the state's primary, President Trump continued to criticize immigrants, blaming them for public safety without offering any evidence to support his claims. depicted as a threat to They are more violent than American-born people.
At several moments, the 77-year-old Trump's answers to questions went off topic.
Asked about electric cars and Americans' “freedom of movement,” President Trump spoke about the usefulness of tariffs and spoke about his interactions with an unnamed American dishwasher company while in office.
President Trump praised South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, who joined him on stage at the end of the interview. Sources previously said the former president had privately approached officials about naming Scott, his former rival for the Republican nomination, as his running mate.
The ties to Scott could give the former president an electoral advantage in the short term. south carolina Major, as Voters will choose who they want as the Republican nominee to face Biden in the Nov. 5 election.
Trump leads Haley; Under the Trump administration, former South Carolina governor, former United Nations ambassador, Most polls have South Carolina leading by more than 30 points, and his team is intent on making a devastating blow. But Mr Haley said he was not likely to leave and he intended to continue campaigning until March.
(Reporting by Gram Slattery; Editing by Deepa Babington and Leslie Adler)
