YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS. Donald Trump praised Vladmir Putin and even gave himself some critiques as he appeared on Fox News Tuesday night after exiling himself from the network - for a week, “Armenpress” reports, citing Daily Mail.

The Republican hopeful appeared on The O'Reilly Factor where he told host Bill O'Reilly that Putin is a much better leader than President Obama and that he had to 'mature' before he can get the nomination from his party.

Perhaps most shocking however was when he actually apologized about something he said about another candidate in the race.

Speaking about Putin he said that if he were elected he would be able to be friends with the Russian leader, and then praised his skills.

'I will tell you that, in terms of leadership, he's getting an "A" and our president is not doing so well,' he said. 

'They did not look good together,' he added, referring to their recent tense meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

He also said he agreed with Putin on his backing of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.