Former President Donald Trump met with sharp criticism on Monday after he released a new statement taking credit for the success of NATO and claiming to have helped arm Ukraine.
"It was Trump that undermined U.S. national security & froze military assistance to Ukraine, leaving that lion of a nation, vulnerable to attack. It was Trump's attacks on NATO that encouraged Putin to believe NATO was fragile," former Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who served under Trump wrote.
Trump, who has long been friendly with Putin, this week called the Russian leader "very smart," and praised the invasion as "genius" and "wonderful."