Former President Donald Trump recently shared his thoughts on the sudden death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and it comes minutes after Nikki Haley called him out for being “weak in the knees” for Vladimir Putin on Fox News.
It has been noted that as evidence emerged that Putin’s most prominent political critic in Russia was killed at the direction of the Russian president, American politicians that have resisted further support for Ukraine are now condemning Putin.
There has been one very loud voice in the Republican Party that has been silent on Navalny’s death — the presumptive GOP candidate and leader of the party, Donald Trump. He took to Truth Social to comment on the “sudden death” but did so without any mention of Putin. Instead, he oddly blamed “what is happening in our Country” and tied the death to his mess of legal woes.
Trump wrote on social media:
The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made me more and more aware of what is happening in our Country. It is a slow, steady progression, with CROOKED, Radical Left Politicians, Prosecutors, and Judges leading us down a path to destruction. Open Borders, Rigged Elections, and Grossly Unfair Courtroom Decisions are DESTROYING AMERICA. WE ARE A NATION IN DECLINE, A FAILING NATION! MAGA2024.
Trump’s comments on Navalny’s death came just minutes after Haley appeared on Fox & Friends, which has long been considered the former president’s favorite cable news program. Steve Doocy asked the former UN Ambassador about her position on Russia compared to Trump, and she did not hold back, saying:
“It’s amazing to me how weak in the knees he is when it comes to Putin, because you look at the fact, he is yet to say anything about Navalny’s death, which, Putin murdered him. It’s what he does to his political opponents. He’s yet to say anything about seizing Russian assets and allowing that money to go to Ukraine. Why would you not want to have those assets seized? It’s sitting in Congress, he should be calling for that. He doesn’t talk about anything. All he does is go on late-night rants, talking about his court cases.
And Steve, that’s the problem. We have Russia sitting there doing things, they are now surrounding the Baltics. Which, if they go and invade the Baltics, those are NATO countries. That puts America at war. We have to prevent war. We’ve got China doing these cyber attacks. We’re seeing all of these things happen, and Trump’s doing late-night rants about his court cases? He’s going to be in court for the rest of the year. We can’t be distracted. But more of that.
That’s why I continue to say if Donald Trump is the nominee, he can’t win. He won’t win a general election. And the focus we need to have is how do we protect Americans? How do we prevent more? How do we get the border secure? How do we get our economy back on track? Not his personal grievances.”
