Russian State TV Pundit Says ‘Putin Understands Trump All Too Well’ and ‘Can Manipulate Him’

Michael Luciano Oct 20th, 2025, 7:59 pm

A political pundit on Russian state television said Vladimir Putin “can manipulate” President Donald Trump .

Whatever the veracity of the claim, the fact that it was made on Russia’s state-controlled airwaves at all is notable amid Trump’s ongoing attempt to broker an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.

On Sunday, reported that Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got into a “shouting match” during a phone call as Trump berated his besieged counterpart.

“The meeting between the US and Ukrainian presidents descended many times into a ‘shouting match,’ with Trump ‘cursing all the time,’ people familiar with the matter said,” the rep

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