Putin went to church to pray after the attack for Trump

Donald Trump’s top envoy Steve Witkoff gave a rare insight into the unique dynamic between the US President and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

According to Witkoff, Putin prayed for Trump’s well-being after the attempted assassination attempt on a campaign rally last summer. This gesture was not only a demonstration by Putin’s concern, but also emphasized the friendship between the two leaders.

Witkoff shared this anecdote during a performance in the podcast of the former Fox News moderator Tucker Carlson and told his second meeting with Putin. The Russian president had visited his local church, hit his priest and prayed for Trump’s recovery.

“When the president was shot, he went to his local church and met his priest and prayed for the president,” said Witkoff about Putin.

Putin “had a friendship with him and he prayed for his boyfriend,” he said. He added when he told Trump the same thing, he was “clearly touched”.

“This is the kind of connection that we were able to restore through a simple word called communication, of which many people should say that I shouldn’t have because Putin is a villain. I don’t consider Putin as a villain. This is a complicated situation … you know … pic.twitter.com/krcfmwl0dl

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This revelation takes place after Trump was grazed by a bullet by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks during a campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. At that time, a Kremlin spokesman blamed the shootout on Trump’s political opponent.

In another gesture of the goodwill, Putin commissioned a “beautiful portrait” by Trump by a top -Russian artist who was given Trump. This step underlines the warm relationship between Putin and Trump, the latter admired several times for the Russian guide. Trump described Putin as “genius” and “strong leader”, which causes the criticism of those who accuse him of being soft on the Kremlin.

The dynamics between Putin and Trump were exposed to an intensive examination, especially in view of the continuing conflict in Ukraine. At the beginning of this week, the two guides made a two -hour call to discuss that the in full benchmark in Ukraine in Ukraine ended in full scale in Ukraine. Trump described the conversation as “very good and productive” and emphasized the ongoing efforts to solve the conflict.