Trump: ‘Very nice' of Hillary Clinton to float him for Nobel Peace Prize
'If he could end it without putting Ukraine in a position where it had to concede its territory to the aggressor, had to, in a way, validate Putin's vision of greater Russia, but instead could really stand up to Putin, to make it clear there must be a ceasefire,' Clinton said during a recent episode of the 'Raging Moderates' podcast.
'If President Trump were the architect of that, I'd nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize,' she said.
Trump was asked for his reaction to those comments on Friday aboard Air Force One by Fox News anchor Bret Baier, who was traveling with the president to Alaska ahead of his high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
'That's very nice,' Trump responded. 'I might have to start liking her again.'
Trump's meeting with Putin comes as he works to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, which he promised to do along the campaign trail last year. The president said earlier Friday he was prepared to 'walk away' from Friday's meeting with the Russian leader if Putin would not agree to terms Trump agrees with.
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