notable russian athletes and fears around the world also protesting. but here's the thing, you know one place where putin is still getting a large round of applause? right now? a pair of conservative political conferences taking place in orlando. yeah, right here, in the united states. president trump just took the stage at the conservative political action conference to is maybe surprisingly stand with ukrainian people and then to keep praise on their invader for the second time this week. listen. >> yesterday, reporters asked me if i thought president putin was smart, i said, of course he smart. they said, they're gonna sanction, me they've sanctioned me for the past 25 years. you mean to tell me i'm gonna take over contender to sanction? it's not that putin is smart. the real problem is that our leaders are dumb. >> there you go. the biggest problem facing the ukrainian people according to that man are the democrats in power.