Trump Refuses to Call Putin a War Criminal at CNN Town Hall

At a forum held by CNN late Wednesday, former President Donald Trump was asked whether he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal.
“Do you believe [Putin] is a war criminal?” asked CNN moderator Kaitlan Collins. “He’s responsible for the deaths of thousands of Ukrainian men and women—”
“Well I think it’s something that should not be discussed now, it should be discussed later,” said Trump, who is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election.
“If you say he’s a war criminal, it’s going to be a lot tougher to make a deal to make this thing stopped,” he added. “Because he’s going to be a war criminal, people are going to grab him and execute him, he’s going to fight a lot harder than he’s fighting under the other circumstance. That’s something to be discussed at a later day.”…}