Putin Names the Candidate He'd Like See Win the 2024 US Presidential Election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

85% : Trump, for his part, called Putin's preference "a great compliment.
83% : ""President Putin of Russia has just given me a great compliment, actually," Trump told supporters during a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday.
51% : "On the campaign trail, Trump has repeatedly touted a good relationship with Putin, calling him "smart" and claiming if he had gotten reelected, the ongoing Ukraine-Russian war would not have happened.
42% : He wants Biden because he's going to be given everything he wants, including Ukraine," Trump claimed of Putin and Biden's relationship.
34% : "Trump explained why he understands Putin's position.
33% : "I stopped Nord Stream 2, and [Biden] approved it right after I left, so Putin is not a fan of mine actually," Trump said, referring to his role as president in halting the construction of the pipeline by imposing sanctions on it, and Biden's subsequent waiver of sanctions on the pipeline, which critics believed would give Russia an energy dominance over Europe.
26% : At the North Charleston rally, Trump said it's a given Putin would prefer Biden's victory because he himself put a break on Russia's interest while he was president, especially on the construction of Nord Stream 2, a controversial German-Russian pipeline, which would have carried natural gas from Russia to Europe.
25% : "He just said that he would much rather have Joe Biden as president than Trump," he continued.

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