TalkOnPointMorgan Calls Witkoff’s Putin Praise “Bootlicking”
What does Morgan say about the praise? At 24:17, Piers Morgan says calling Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian” was not serious diplomacy but “bootlicking of the worst possible kind.” He adds that Putin was laughing at the praise. (evidenceIndex 0) Why did Witkoff’s comments raise eyebrows? At 00:46, Morgan describes Steve Witkoff’s Moscow trip as an effort to arrange a Trump-backed meeting between Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.
Direct answer
According to Piers Morgan, calling Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian” was not serious diplomacy but “bootlicking of the worst possible kind,” and Putin was laughing at it (24:17). Morgan presents Steve Witkoff’s Moscow trip as an attempt to arrange a Trump-backed Putin–Zelensky meeting, beginning with a groveling address that appeared to embarrass Kremlin officials (00:46). He links the episode to Trump placing responsibility for ending the war on Zelensky and Ukraine rather than Putin, while noting the source does not describe Witkoff’s own reasoning (01:16; 01:58).
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Morgan calls Witkoff’s description of Putin as a humanitarian “bootlicking of the worst possible kind” and says Putin was laughing at it. (evidenceIndex 0)
Morgan presents Witkoff’s Moscow trip as an effort to arrange a Trump-backed Putin
Morgan links the episode to Trump blaming Ukraine and Zelensky for the failure to end the war rather than Putin, whom Morgan says started it. (evidenceIndex 2; evidenceIndex 3)
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Morgan calls Witkoff’s description of Putin as a humanitarian “bootlicking of the worst possible kind” and says Putin was laughing at it. (evidenceIndex 0)
Morgan presents Witkoff’s Moscow trip as an effort to arrange a Trump-backed Putin–Zelensky meeting and describes his opening address as groveling and apparently embarrassing to Kremlin officials. (evidenceIndex 1)
Morgan links the episode to Trump blaming Ukraine and Zelensky for the failure to end the war rather than Putin, whom Morgan says started it. (evidenceIndex 2; evidenceIndex 3)
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What does Morgan say about the praise?
At 24:17, Piers Morgan says calling Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian” was not serious diplomacy but “bootlicking of the worst possible kind.” He adds that Putin was laughing at the praise. (evidenceIndex 0)
Why did Witkoff’s comments raise eyebrows?
At 00:46, Morgan describes Steve Witkoff’s Moscow trip as an effort to arrange a Trump-backed meeting between Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky. He says Witkoff began with a groveling address that appeared to embarrass even Kremlin officials.
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Does Morgan link the trip to Trump’s stance toward Zelensky?
Yes. At 01:16, Morgan says Trump places blame for failing to end the war on Ukraine and Zelensky rather than on Putin, whom he identifies as the person who started it.
At 01:58, he contrasts the demand that Zelensky make a deal with Putin’s invasion. (evidenceIndex 2; evidenceIndex 3) The supplied passages do not explain Witkoff’s own reasoning for the remark.
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