Putin Needs 2024 Trump Win, Former CIA Director Says [View all]
Russian President Vladimir Putin needs former U.S. President Donald Trump to win the 2024 presidential election in order to salvage Russia's war in Ukraine, according to former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan.
Russia's bloody invasion of Ukraine has dragged on for more than 18 months, defying the predictions of many experts who had initially suggested that Moscow's military would easily steamroll Kyiv shortly after the invasion began.
The extended conflict has damaged Putin's reputation and standing abroad and led to conflict at home, where the Russian leader's authority was in June rattled by a short-lived armed uprising by now-deceased Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin needs former U.S. President Donald Trump to win the 2024 presidential election in order to salvage Russia's war in Ukraine, according to former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan.
Brennan, who headed the CIA during the second term of former President Barack Obama, said during an MSNBC interview on Tuesday that it was "absolutely essential" to Putin that Trump win back the White House.
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