Newt Gingrich on Russian Sanction Deadline: Putin Believed ‘Trump Was Like Biden or Obama,’ and Could Push Him Around

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
KUDLOW: “A very serious issue,  Trump is losing patience with  Vladimir Putin.  joining us is Newt Gingrich,  Fox News contributor.  what do you make of this?  Trump is particularly tough on  Vladimir Putin on the pressure  on the airplane coming home  today.  how do you see this?”

GINGRICH: “For some reason vladimi  Putin believed Trump was like  Biden or Obama, that he could  push him around, lie to him,  much of it has been blatant  where Vladimir Putin will talk  nice in the morning and that  evening they will bomb an  orphanage or a hospital or a  senior citizen home and we are  supposed to be too stupid to  realize we are having a Russian  dictator who has contempt for  us.  that’s a huge mistake.  he is not Obama.  he’s not Bill Clinton.  he’s not Joe Biden.  what you will see in the near  future is very dramatic  increase in sanctions and I  suspect your see a significant  increase in the flow of weapons  and in targeting accuracy to  allow those weapons to be used  inside Russia.  I think Trump is reluctant, he  did not want to do this.  he wanted to get to peace.  he doesn’t want to be involved  in wars but reluctantly  concluded that the only thing  Putin will respect is  overwhelming strength and if  you need overwhelming strength,  Trump is good to have as  president.”