Donald Trump was appalled by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, according to an interview the former US president gave to David Drucker of The Washington Examiner.
The controversial politician believes that Putin is trying to start negotiations with the Ukrainian authorities.
– I am surprised. Is it right. “To me, the concentration of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine is part of the negotiations that Putin is having,” Trump said in a telephone conversation with Drucker. – I think that’s a difficult and cunning way of talking – added.
A month ago, Trump praised Putin’s translation of the invasion of Ukraine as “smart” and “genius”. The invasion of Russian troops began with the Kremlin recognizing the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk, two Ukrainian separatist regions. On February 24, the Russian leader ordered what he called a “special military operation”, which de facto means declaring war on a neighboring country.
In the months before the attack, Russia gathered about 150,000 people on the border with Ukraine. soldier.
“I think, like all other countries, the goal is to get a good deal with the US – you know, the classic trade deal.” Until I showed up, we never really made a good deal, Trump said. – But he decided to attack. I thought he was a completely different person. This is a sad time for the world, he added.
During the interview, Trump stressed that he was “very, very strict” with Putin.
– Even so, we have no problem getting along. However, this is nothing new, because I am a person who has been able to find common ground with most of the world’s leaders – he stressed. – Just think who is tougher in Russia than me? Trump asked his interlocutor.
During a conversation with Drucker, Trump emphasized that if he were president, Putin would never attack Ukraine. The former American president indicated that he was against Russia by, among other things, halting work on Nord Stream 2 and “billion dollar” transfers to NATO.
– Currently, all this money is used for actions aimed at Russia. That is my service, Trump said.
However, former officials in the Trump presidential administration have different views from their former bosses. According to them, Trump’s actions and statements paved the way for Putin to seize Ukraine.
In 2019, Donald Trump was charged with abuse of power and obstruction of a congressional investigation. Two articles of the impeachment procedure that began at that time relate to Trump’s actions to persuade Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, to launch a politically motivated investigation into Joe Biden and his family, and Trump’s decision to stop military aid to Ukraine.
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Trump’s blockade of support for Ukraine was lifted after Politico published an article on Republican activities. Based on media reports, the DPR decided to start an investigation into the matter.
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In 2018, Trump surprised most of America’s allies by straying from longstanding US foreign policy and by telling the G7 meeting that Crimea was part of Russia. The American president’s words are all the more surprising given that Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 led to the expulsion of the Russian Federation from the G8 group.
Prior to meeting leaders of the group of seven world powers in 2018, Trump argued in an interview with reporters that Russia should be reinstated into this group. During the summit itself, the then US president should have wondered why world leaders sided with Ukraine when it came to events in Crimea.
Fiona Hill, chief Russia expert in the former US president’s administration and a key witness in Trump’s first impeachment trial, said in a recent interview with CNN reporters that Trump’s actions convinced Russia to “treat Ukraine as a playground.”
Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton shares the same view of his former employer. In a statement to Mother Jones, Bolton said Trump was more interested in “conspiracy theories” than in Ukraine.
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