{"id":246619,"date":"2016-09-08T03:59:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T03:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=246619"},"modified":"2016-09-08T03:59:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T03:59:01","slug":"trump-says-putin-a-leader-far-more-than-our-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/trump-says-putin-a-leader-far-more-than-our-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Putin ‘a leader far more than our president’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Donald Trump has showered Vladimir Putin with praise as he and rival Hillary Clinton took pointed questions from military veterans.<\/p>\n
The Republican presidential nominee told the forum the Russian president “has been a leader far more than our president [Obama] has been”.<\/p>\n
It came on the same day the chief of the Pentagon accused Russia of sowing the seeds of global instability.<\/p>\n
Mrs Clinton, meanwhile, defended her judgment despite her email scandal.<\/p>\n
The White House candidates appeared back to back on stage in half-hour segments in New York on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump was quizzed by NBC host Matt Lauer on his previous complimentary remarks about Mr Putin.<\/p>\n
He responded: “He does have an 82% approval rating.”<\/p>\n
“I think when he calls me brilliant I’ll take the compliment, ok?” added the businessman.<\/p>\n
He said Mr Putin had “great control over his country”.<\/p>\n