Beppe Grillo, the leader of the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), has created
controversy with comments on United States President Donald
Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I'm quite optimistic, he seems moderate," Grillo told French
weekly Le Journal du Dimanche referring to Trump.
When asked about Putin, Grillo said: "in foreign policy he is
the one who says the most sensible things".
The comedian-turned-politician said, however, that other
comments had been mistranslated after Le Journal du Dimanche
quoted him as saying that international politics needed strong
men like Trump and Putin.
On his blog on Monday, Grillo said what he actually said was:
"international politics needs strong statesmen like them. I
consider this an advantage for humanity".
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