{"id":69041,"date":"2026-03-10T13:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69041"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:59:57","slug":"the-trump-regime-takes-putin-at-his-word-about-russia-aiding-iran-but-wanting-to-help-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69041","title":{"rendered":"The Trump Regime Takes Putin at His Word About Russia Aiding Iran but Wanting to Help the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For ten years Donald Trump has been whining about what he calls the <em>&#8220;Russia, Russia, Russia hoax.&#8221;<\/em> But like everything else that he calls a hoax, it is based on documented facts. Trump has had <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=51346\" target=\"_blank\">unsavory connections to Russian officials and proxies<\/a><\/strong> for as long as he has been in politics, and even before with his real estate ventures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=The Trump Regime Takes Putin at His Word About Russia Aiding Iran but Wanting to Help the U.S.%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69041\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=The Trump Regime Takes Putin at His Word About Russia Aiding Iran but Wanting to Help the U.S.%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69041\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-putin-lap.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38123\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now as Trump is engaged in his unprovoked and unnecessary war against Iran, he is affirming all of the worst implications of his disturbing adoration of Vladimir Putin and his envy of the dictator&#8217;s authoritarian powers. And in his diminished mental state, Trump is conflating his lies about Iran with his lies about Russia and their interference in the U.S. elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68936\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Just Posted the Real Reason that He Started a War with Iran, and It\u2019s Truly Insane<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During a press conference on Tuesday morning, Trump&#8217;s Propaganda Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was asked a question by ABC News reporter, Karen Travers, about a recent phone call that Trump had with his boss, Vladimir Putin. Travers sought to get some clarification on Trump&#8217;s assertion that Putin promised to help the U.S. with Iran, which Putin promptly contradicted&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Travers:<\/strong> The president said yesterday that Putin told him he wanted to helpful in the Middle East. The Kremlin put out a statement where Putin said, quote, &#8220;I would like to reaffirm our unwavering support for Tehran and our solidarity with Iranian friends.&#8221; How does the president think that Russia could be helpful if not helping Iran? And did the president push Putin on Russia sharing intelligence with Iran in this war?<br \/>\n<strong>Leavitt:<\/strong> The President and Special Envoy Witkoff, have both said that they&#8217;ve sent a message to Russia that if that was taking place, it&#8217;s not something they would be happy with and they hope that it is not taking place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leavitt&#39;s responses to questions about Trump&#39;s call with Putin and whether or not he pressed him about sharing intelligence with Iran are evasive <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EnF8wJyR0T\">pic.twitter.com\/EnF8wJyR0T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/2031441076553121840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Notice that Leavitt totally ignored the part of the question regarding Trump&#8217;s claim that Putin would be helpful to the U.S. And her response to the credible reports that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/russia-providing-intelligence-iran-location-us-forces-sources-say-rcna262115\" target=\"_blank\">Russia is giving intelligence to Iran<\/a><\/strong> to help them target American assets and troops was hardly comforting. To the contrary, it couldn&#8217;t be a weaker expression submissiveness to Putin by saying merely that Trump would not be happy about it. That&#8217;s telling him!<\/p>\n<p>Confirming Trump&#8217;s mushy stance on these matters, his <em>&#8220;Special&#8221;<\/em> envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff, told CNBC&#8217;s Carl Quintanilla that the Trump regime was satisfied with whatever Putin said&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Quintanilla:<\/strong> Do we think the Russians have shared intelligence about US military assets, and if they have, why would we be giving waivers on oil sanctions?<br \/>\n<strong>Witkoff:<\/strong> Well, I&#8217;m not an intel officer, so I can&#8217;t tell you. I can tell you that yesterday on the call with the president the Russians said they have not been sharing. That&#8217;s what they said. We can take them at their word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mgpqya2yux25\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicfzgefdyywvfnyoj7vuxldpczqf6o55fphk54l6vklv5f2cvnjpy\">\n<p lang=\"en\">QUINTANILLA: Do we think the Russians have shared intel about US military assets, and if so, why would we be giving waivers on oil sanctions?WITKOFF: I can tell you that on the call with POTUS, the Russians said they have not been sharing. That&#39;s what they said. We can take them at their word.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed\">Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/post\/3mgpqya2yux25?ref_src=embed\">2026-03-10T16:08:53.733Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Once again, the part of the question regarding Trump giving waivers to Russia on oil sanctions was ignored. But Witkoff proudly proclaimed his blind faith in Putin, whose word is apparently golden to Trump and his team.<\/p>\n<p>None of this should be surprising to anyone who has been paying attention to Trump, his staff, and his glassy-eyed disciples. The cult factor is clearly in play here. And Witkoff is a good example of a zealous devotee. During the CNBC interview he was also asked what he would say to <em>&#8220;Americans who are struggling with making ends meet and don&#8217;t want foreign wars.&#8221;<\/em> He replied&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mgpvo4d6ds2p\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreialk7o3s7tz6dj6xegw5yiisbzp542dajknxq5n4lovfllalyfcve\">\n<p lang=\"en\">&#34;&#8230;think about what this world would look like if you didn&#39;t have Donald Trump as the president.&#34;OKAY&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg?ref_src=embed\">News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/post\/3mgpvo4d6ds2p?ref_src=embed\">2026-03-10T17:32:42.994Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69021\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News Has Already Declared Victory in Iran, While Trump is Threatening \u2018Complete Destruction\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=69003\" target=\"_blank\">Trump FREAKS OUT Over All the Bad News Dragging Him (and America) Down: Iran, Epstein, and More<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68946\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Reveals His OCD (Obama Compulsive Disorder) Played a Role in Launching a War Against Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/newscorpse.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@newscorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For ten years Donald Trump has been whining about what he calls the &#8220;Russia, Russia, Russia hoax.&#8221; But like everything else that he calls a hoax, it is based on documented facts. Trump has had unsavory connections to Russian officials and proxies for as long as he has been in politics, and even before with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,8,16],"tags":[554,716,1520,1211,1072],"class_list":["post-69041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-propaganda","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-karoline-leavitt","tag-russia","tag-vladimir-putin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-putin-lap.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-hXz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51346,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=51346","url_meta":{"origin":69041,"position":0},"title":"GEEZ! 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