“On Putin’s side”: Trump is caught in the crossfire after Alexei Navalny's death. Republican US presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticizes her internal party rival.
Trump's campaign team simply referred to a post on its Truth Social online service that said the U.S. was "no longer respected" Navalny, a prominent opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died suddenly on Friday in a prison camp in the Arctic Circle at the age of 47. “All he did at that moment was to strengthen Putin,” criticized Haley, who, like Trump is running for the Republican presidential nomination.