Trump Fundraises Off Of Ceasefire Meeting with Vladimir Putin as War Rages in Ukraine

MSNBC anchor Katy Tur was astounded Friday after receiving a fundraising email from one of Donald Trump’s super PACS at the very moment the president was welcoming Russia’s Vladimir Putin onto U.S. soil.

Both Putin and Trump arrived in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss ending Russia’s war with Ukraine. Trump was criticized for literally rolling out the red carpet and vigorously clapping for Putin before allowing him to ride along in the presidential SUV.

What I find interesting…is the way that Donald Trump has made absolutely everything political in a campaign sense, political, and fundraising sense,” Tur said before displaying and reading the printed email.

“Today I’m meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. It’s a little chilly,” Tur read, continuing:

This meeting is very high stakes for the world. The Democrats would love nothing more than for me to fail. No one in the world knows how to make deals like me. Tonight at midnight, my very critical fundraising deadline hits, and the radical left is watching our numbers this night of all nights to see if we miss.

“And then, it’s like, ‘Give $10,” Tur exclaimed. “You know, ‘stand with Trump, give $10.'”

Tur turned to MSNBC foreign policy editor Ravi Agrawal.

“How crazy is it to see this fundraising email linked to this, this very important meeting he’s having with an autocrat to stop killing people in Ukraine?” Tur asked.

“I’m kind of stunned,” Agrawal said. “I mean, I should know better, but it’s not presidential. It’s not right to be fundraising off of these images right now.”

He continued, “I think it just gives off a really bad sign to even Trump’s supporters. I mean, the president of the United States does not need money in this moment. What he needs is, you know, a spine, guidance, the right advisers in the room, Russian experts…people who’ve dealt with Putin and know how he might be trying to play him.”

Watch the clip above via MSNBC.