Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week that he backs Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris for president, matching previous sentiment that he has expressed about the Democrat Party.
Putin made the remarks on Thursday while attending the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia.
“We had Biden as a favorite, but he was dropped from the race. He recommended that all his supporters should back Harris, so we will, too,” Putin said. “She laughs so expressively and infectiously that it means that everything is fine with her.”
Former Defense Intelligence Agency officer Rebekah Koffler said that Putin prefers that Harris wins because “Putin believes that he can manipulate Harris easily, unlike Trump, whom the Russians profiled as unpredictable and difficult to read.”
The Trump campaign responded to the endorsement by posting a graphic on…
