Nikki Haley, the Republican primary opponent, said Trump should have condemned the Russian leader as a “murderer.”
Former United States President Donald Trump said on Monday (February 19, 2024) that the death of Alexei Navalny had made him “more aware of what was happening.” [nos EUA]“. The Republican primary candidate for the White House made no reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his publication.
On the social network Truth Social, Trump wrote that the United States is “a slow and steady progress with dishonest radical left politicians, prosecutors and judges who are heading down a path of destruction.”
Nikki Haley, Trump's main opponent for the Republican nomination, he said that the former president should have condemned Putin as a “murderous bandit.”
She said Trump could have “praised Navalny's courage” but instead “stole a page from the liberals' playbook by denouncing the United States and comparing it to Russia.”
Biden blamed Putin
US President Joe Biden blamed the Russian president for the death of Alexei Navalny. The statements were made on Friday (February 16), hours after the death of Vladimir Putin's main opponent was announced.
“The Russian authorities will tell their own story, but make no mistake: Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death.” Putin is responsible,” Biden said. This is further “proof of the brutality” of the Russian head of government, said the US President.
He also stated that, alluding to the war against Ukraine, Putin not only attacks citizens of other countries but also “commits terrible crimes against his own people.”
Navalny's death
Alexei Navalny died on Friday (February 16) at the age of 47 in the Yamal Nenets prison in Siberia. In January, Putin's opponent said he had to eat his meals within ten minutes and protect himself from the cold with newspapers.
He had been detained since 2021 after returning to Russia from Germany. He was poisoned in August 2020 and claimed that the Russian president was behind the poisoning. Navalny was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for “extremist acts,” including founding a group, calling for action, financing activities, involving minors and “rehabilitating Nazi ideology.”