Witkoff: Putin went to church to pray after assassination attempt on Trump

Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo: Screenshot from interview video

Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump, shared details of his second visit to Russia in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson.

Witkoff recounted a story told to him by President Vladimir Putin, related to the attempted assassination of President Trump in the summer of last year.

“He (Putin – Ed.) told me that when the president was shot, he went to his local church and met with his priest, and prayed for the president (Trump – Ed.). Not because he was President of the United States or could become president again, but because he had a friendship with him and he was praying for his friend,” the U.S. envoy said.

According to Witkoff, when he relayed this message to Donald Trump and delivered a portrait of him commissioned by Putin from the leading Russian artist, “he was clearly touched by it.”

Earlier, UOJ published a full translation of the interview between Robert Amsterdam and Tucker Carlson, along with an analysis of its key points.

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