Trump Compares Himself To The Late Putin Critic Alexei Navalny
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Navalny fearlessly opposed Putin and the Kremlin before his death last week while in custody at a Russian penal colony.
Former President Donald Trump is back with another outlandish claim.
Following a New York judge’s ruling in Trump’s fraud trial, which, in part, requires him to pay $355 million in fines, the former president effectively compared himself to Alexei Navalny, the late critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a town hall with Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
Trump, who has previously praised Putin, argued that he is a victim of political persecution through his remarks on Navalny. Trump is currently in the middle of several notable legal troubles — two of which involve his efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election.
“And it’s a horrible thing, but it’s happening in our country, too,” Trump said, adding that the country is “turning into a communist country in many ways.”
“It is a form of Navalny,” Trump added. “It is a form of communism, of fascism.”
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