Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights via video link in Moscow, Russia, December 9, 2025.
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President Donald Trump On Friday, he said he believed the Russian leader Vladimir Putin help Iran in its war against the UNITED STATES and Israel.
Trump’s comment came in a radio interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade and a week after the president lashed out at Fox News reporter Peter Doocy for questioning him at the White House about reports that Russia was helping Iran.
Kilmeade asked Trump on Friday: “Do you think Putin is helping them?” »
Trump responded: “I think he could help them a little bit, yes.”
“I guess, and he probably thinks we’re helping Ukraine, right?” Trump continued.
Read more news about the US-Iran war“Yes, we help them too,” Trump said, referring to Ukraine, at war with Russia since its invasion in early 2022.
“So he [Putin] said that, and China would say the same thing, you know,” Trump told Kilmeade.
“It’s like, ‘Hey, they’re doing it, and we’re doing it, in all honesty,'” Trump said. “They do it and we do it.”
Trump had a call with Putin on Monday.
American special envoy Steve Witkoff told CNBC in an interview Tuesday that during that call, “the Russians said they had not shared” intelligence with Iran.
“So, you know, we can take their word for it,” Witkoff said that day. “Let’s hope they don’t share.”