Hillary Clinton stunned MSNBC viewers this week when she praised President Donald Trump’s latest remarks on the Ukraine war — but she quickly pivoted to sound alarms about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Speaking Wednesday on Morning Joe, the former secretary of state said she “welcomed what the president said yesterday” after Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The night before, Trump had taken to Truth Social to declare that Ukraine “is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.”
Clinton, who famously clashed with Trump during the 2016 election, admitted the statement marked a turning point. “He only responds to strength,” she said, referring to Putin. “He poses a clear and present danger to all of Europe, and therefore, to the United States.”
The comments reflect a bizarre twist in American politics. Once bitter rivals, Clinton has occasionally credited Trump when it comes to foreign policy toughness.
Just last month on the Raging Moderates podcast, Clinton even shocked listeners by saying she would nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize if he somehow engineered a deal that restored all of Ukraine’s occupied land.
“You know, look, if we could pull that off, if President Trump were the architect of that, I’d nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize,” she said.
Trump’s latest push comes as his administration doubles down on its America-First approach to global conflicts. While Democrats have long painted him as soft on Moscow, Trump has now staked out a position more aggressive than many in the Biden era — backing Ukraine’s full territorial restoration while warning against endless U.S. taxpayer funding.
The president has leaned on Zelenskyy to show results on the battlefield while demanding European allies carry more of the financial burden. At the U.N., Trump pointedly told delegates: “America will always defend freedom, but Europe must stand on its own two feet.”
Still, Clinton didn’t let her old adversary off the hook entirely. She insisted that Putin’s threat is global and must be confronted with “unyielding resolve.”
Her remarks underscore how the Ukraine war has scrambled traditional party lines — with Trump talking tough against Moscow while Democrats struggle to balance their anti-Trump reflexes with the reality that he now controls U.S. foreign policy.
For Clinton, the unlikely praise serves two purposes: a rare acknowledgment of Trump’s clout on the world stage, and a warning that Putin’s ambitions extend far beyond Kyiv.
“He’s watching to see if the West blinks,” she said. “And if America blinks, the world will pay the price.”
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Good for her! B
She needs to go away and stop lying to us.