Trump about Putin and War in Ukraine: “He has changed very much … it is very sad for world”

War in Ukraine has become for the former US President Donald Trump as a surprise, since he thought that the concentration of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border was needed to negotiate.

“I am surprised, surprised. I thought that he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) was so negotiating when he sent the military to the border … I thought it was a tough, but a smart way to negotiate. I believed that he was going to To conclude a good deal, how it all, with the United States, and other people are configured to negotiate, as in the case of any trading deal … And then he entered – and I think he has changed. I think he has changed. It’s very sad for the world. He has changed very much, “said Trump in an interview with Washington Examiner.