‘Putin might help them’: Trump hints Russia might help Iran

president Donald Trump Said Friday he trusts Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin Help Iran confront the United States and Israel.Trump made the comments during a radio interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, a week after the president lashed out at Fox News reporter Peter Doocy for questioning him at the White House about reports of Russian aid to Iran.Kilmeade asked Trump on Friday: “Do you think Putin is helping them?”Trump responded: “I think he might help them a little bit, yes.”“I guess he probably thinks we’re helping Ukraine, right?” Trump continued.“Yes, we are helping them too,” Trump said, referring to Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia since an invasion in early 2022.“So he [Putin] You know, China would say the same thing,” Trump told Kilmeade.“It’s like, ‘Hey, to be fair, they did it and we did it,'” Trump said. “They do it and so do we.”Trump spoke by phone with Putin on Monday.U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff told CNBC on Tuesday that during that call, “the Russians said they would not share” the intelligence with Iran.“So, you know, we can take their word for it,” Witkov said that day. “We hope they don’t share.”