Putin says respects Trump, calls him ‘colorful individual’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his interview with NBC News that he respects former U.S. Leader Donald Trump, calling him a “colorful individual”. “Well even now, I believe that former U.S. president Mr. Trump is an extraordinary individual, talented individual, otherwise he would not have become U.S. President,” Putin said.  “He is a colorful individual. You may like him or not. And, but he didn’t come from the U.S. establishment, he had not been part of big time politics before, and some like it some don’t like it but that is a fact,” Putin noted. On Thursday, President…