Donald Trump Blasts Putin—'What the Hell Happened to Him?'

 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-blasts-putin-hell-happened-him-2076929

Speaking to reporters on the tarmac at Morristown, New Jersey, before he boarded Air Force One to return to Washington, D.C., Trump spoke about a range of topics as he fielded questions ranging from tariffs to manufacturing goals to Russia and Ukraine peace talks.

"I'm not happy with what Putin is doing," the president said. "He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin. I've known him a long time. Always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all."

"We're in the middle of talking, and he's shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities. I don't like it at all," he added. "I don't like what Putin is doing, not even a little bit. He's killing people. Something happened to this guy, and I don't like it."

Senator John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, last month said: "I don't think it's going to get any better until we make it clear to Mr. Putin that we are willing to turn him and his country into fish food."

Senator Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, said in a post last month on X: "IVE SEEN ENOUGH KILLING OF INNOCENT UKRAINIAN women + children. President Trump pls put the toughest of sanctions on Putin. U ought to c from clear evidence that he is playing America as a patsy."