Stephen King Slams Donald Trump's Relationship with Vladimir Putin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : You are what you preach," one wrote, in reference to Putin previously telling reporters that, between Biden and Trump, he would prefer to see the current president win in November, adding that Biden is "more experienced.
37% : Thank you for speaking out @StephenKing," someone else wrote, referring to Trump.
32% : Newsweek contacted a spokesperson for both King and Trump for comment via email Tuesday.X users were divided in their views on the horror writer's post.
30% : That post came a day after Trump said at a rally in South Carolina that he would "encourage" Russia to attack NATO countries falling short of guideline financial contributions to the alliance.
28% : While leaders worldwide mourned Navalny over the weekend, Trump, the GOP frontrunner for the 2024 presidential nomination, remained silent.
25% : However, when Trump finally commented online, his remarks appeared to be more about his own situation rather than criticizing Putin, saying Navalny's death "has made me more and more aware" of "crooked, radical left politicians, prosecutors, and judges leading us down a path to destruction" in the U.S.King later took to X, formerly Twitter, and wrote "Trump is Putin's running dog," in a post viewed 1.8 million times at the time of writing.
24% : He posted the comment on Monday -- just hours after Trump finally spoke out about the death of the Russian president's fiercest critic, jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, which was announced on Friday.
19% : "This isn't the first time that King has accused Trump of having ties to Russia.
18% : Basically, Trump is a traitor to the American way of life that our soldiers have died for," King wrote on February 11 in an X post which has been viewed 5.3 million times.

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