{"id":2414372,"date":"2025-03-22T21:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T01:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-prayed-for-trump-after-assasination-attempt-witkoff-reveals-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T21:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T01:44:02","slug":"putin-prayed-for-trump-after-assasination-attempt-witkoff-reveals-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-prayed-for-trump-after-assasination-attempt-witkoff-reveals-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin prayed for Trump after assasination attempt, Witkoff reveals &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div 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class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2043812\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff revealed that Russian President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Vladimir-Putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> prayed for President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> after he was shot at a rally in Butler, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, last summer.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=acvu2LBumGo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"appearance\">appearance<\/a> on political commentator Tucker Carlson&rsquo;s podcast <em>The Tucker Carlson Show<\/em>, Witkoff, Trump&rsquo;s top envoy and a key negotiator in talks to end the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Russia-Ukraine-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia-Ukraine war<\/a>, said his second meeting with Putin &ldquo;got personal&rdquo; and included a story of how the Russian president went to his local church and prayed for his &ldquo;friend&rdquo; Trump after his first assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3355107\/danish-prime-minister-mette-frederiksen-heeds-jd-vance-mass-migration-warning-europe\/\">Danish prime minister heeds JD Vance&#8217;s &#8216;mass migration&#8217; warning to Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3355014\/london-heathrow-airport-closed-after-fire\/\">London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport closed for 24 hours after electrical fire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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