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.
Read also
Most Britons oppose abortions, poll finds
The survey found that 62% of UK residents support legal protection for unborn children from the moment their heartbeat is first detected.
Annual academic conference opens at Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary
The fifteenth annual conference was dedicated to the anniversaries of Prince Vasyl-Kostiantyn Ostrožský and Metropolitan Rafail (Zaborovský).
Feminists attack Roman Catholic churches in Latin America
During protest actions, members of radical groups attacked cathedrals in several Latin American countries, assaulted police officers, and threw paint at believers.
UOC hierarch takes part in German bishops’ conference
Bishop Veniamin of Boyarka took part in the OBKD assembly in Düsseldorf.
Ivano-Frankivsk scraps school project planned on demolished UOC church site
The authorities in Ivano-Frankivsk have dropped plans to build the school for whose construction a UOC church was demolished.
Shostatsky to UOC: If you are so righteous – do not cling to your churches
The OCU metropolitan called on UOC faithful and clergy to pray rather than defend their churches from seizures.