Putin Gives ‘Infectiously’ Laughing Harris a Tongue-in-Cheek Endorsement, Calls Biden His ‘Favorite’

‘I don’t know if I’m insulted or he did me a favor,’ Trump replies during a campaign stop.

Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin pool via AP
President Putin at the Eastern Economic Forum at Vladivostok, Russia, September 5, 2024. Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin pool via AP

President Putin is again stirring the pot of American politics from afar by backing Vice President Harris in her bid to become the Democratic nominee for the upcoming presidential elections.

“Our ‘favorite,’ if you can call it that, was the current president, Mr. Biden. But he was removed from the race, and he recommended all his supporters to support Ms. Harris. Well, we will do so — we will support her,” Mr. Putin said Thursday at the Eastern Economic Forum at Vladivostok, according to a report from CNN.

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