CNN regular Joe Walsh speculates Trump may be 'Russian asset,' a 'plant'

During a discussion on "CNN This Morning" about Trump criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Walsh argued, "The American president right now could be a plant, could be a Russian asset. I mean, think about that."

"Here I am. I know it's early in the morning to say something like that, but think about that. And if the American people don't care about that, that Putin might have something on Trump, that he's an asset, that he's a plant, that he's doing the bidding of Vladimir Putin," he added, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In a previous segment, CNN host Jim Scuitto asked Walsh: "I just wonder, for your party, what it means for the U.S. president to not just overlap with some Russian talking points on the war, but straight up repeat them, repeat the Russian rationale for the invasion, repeat the Russian framing, repeat the Russian description of the elected Ukrainian president. Straight up, repeat them. What does it mean?"

The former congressman responded, "Straight up, he's siding with Putin," adding, "The President of the United States is siding with Vladimir Putin, period. We know, I know, privately, this is just pissing off Senate Republicans especially. But, Jim, Trump's hold on this party is a thousand times stronger than it was before November."

"Yes. And I apologize, Jim. I can't move past what we just talked about in the last segment. Um, Donald Trump is saying everything Vladimir Putin would say. Um, and you mentioned the American people generally don't care about what's going on over there."

It was then that Walsh suggested Trump could be a "Russian asset," to which Scuitto pushed back, saying, "We don't have evidence of that. I mean, the point about their positions being aligned, I think one is a different one." 

Walsh continued to rail against Trump, claiming that everything he's currently doing is what Russian President Vladamir Putin would want him to do.

"Everything he's done, everything he's said for 8 or 9 years is exactly what Vladimir Putin would say and want him to do," claimed Walsh.

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.