Dan Rice, a former U.S. Army officer and military advisor, told Newsmax on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that there would not have been a war in Ukraine if President Donald Trump had been in office in 2022 — rather than President Joe Biden — may have some merit, but should not be taken at face value.
“I think anything Putin says is a lie,” Rice said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend” adding that the Russian leader is both “a terrorist and a liar.”
Rice noted that while Putin’s assertion is unreliable, Russia might have acted differently under Trump, pointing to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan under Biden as a key factor.
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