Russian leader Vladimir Putin claims he rushed over to his local church and prayed to God for President Trump’s safety during the aftermath of the Butler, Pa. rally last July, according to

Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin prayed for President Donald Trump after he was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last summer. In an appearance on political commentator Tucker Carlson's podcast The Tucker Carlson Show,

Russian President Vladimir Putin prayed for President Donald Trump after Trump was shot at a rally last year, special envoy Steve Witkoff revealed.

The U.S. is hoping for a broader cease-fire between Moscow and Kyiv covering the Black Sea in negotiations starting in Saudi Arabia.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff expressed optimism on Sunday ahead of high-stakes talks in Saudi Arabia to end the war in Ukraine and said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to end the three-year-old conflict.

"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy," the Middle East special envoy told former Fox News journalist Tucker Carlson.