The 77-year-old Trump wants to take the American presidency again, so he has repeatedly criticized the current administration of Joe Biden. Especially his attitude towards Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

More recently, for example, he opposed sending cluster munitions, which he believes sparked the outbreak of the Third World War, sending three thousand reservists to Europe, and opposing the amount of military material sent, American newspapers list. Washington Post.

According to Trump, Biden, who is likely to be the Democratic presidential candidate in the next election, is emptying US military arsenals faster than Europe. This week, the former president said that if the American people re-elect him, he would demand that Europe pay the United States for it.

“I will ask Europe to compensate us for the costs of replenishing warehouses, the contents of which we sent to Ukraine,” the Ukrainian server quoted him as saying. Independent Kyiv. “He should do it now, but Joe Biden is too weak, too disrespected.”

According to Trump, Washington must also choose a different tactic. “I think the most important thing for the US to do now is to make peace – for Russia and Ukraine to sit down and make peace. The time has come to force both sides to make peace,” the British daily quoted him as saying. Guard.

Even though the US presidential election is still far away, Trump has already appeared in the media as part of his campaign. Republicans still hold primaries before the election, where they will choose their candidates. According to YouGov and The Economist weekly polls in July, 48 percent of those surveyed would support Trump, while only 22 percent would support his main rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

I’ll make peace someday, Trump said

Therefore, Trump repeatedly gave interviews to win over Republicans to his side. “If I were president, I would finish the war in one day, in 24 hours,” he confessed two months ago. “I will meet with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, I will meet with (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky, both have weaknesses and both have strengths. We will solve it in 24 hours, the war will be completely finished.”

Now, in an interview on American TV station Fox, he explains how he will do it. “I would say to Zelensky: Enough. You have to accept the deal. I would say to Putin: If you don’t accept the deal, we will give them a lot. We will give them more than they will ever get if we accept it.” to,” he said.

For example, Chris Christie, an American politician, who has also announced that he will run for president from the Republican Party, has understood his words. “The plan: He knows Putin and Zelensky ‘very well’ and will have a few phone calls with them. Forget Churchill, Trump is here to save the day,” Christie wrote on Twitter.

Trump has also not denied in the past that he would pressure Kiev to hand over some of its occupied territories. He did not specify whether he wanted to see Ukraine as the winner of the war. “I don’t think about winning and losing, I think about solutions to stop killing people and destroying countries. I want everyone to stop dying. The people of Russia and Ukraine are dying,” he said in May.

He will also postpone investigations into Putin over the kidnapping of Ukrainian children to Russia, for which he is subject to an international arrest warrant, until the conflict is over. “If you make it an issue now, you will never get peace and agreement.”

Disaster for Europe

Ukrainian President Zelensky also commented on Trump’s words, which are very different from the position of the current US administration. They said they did not understand his idea of ​​ending the war in one day. Moreover, he added that he already had the opportunity to resolve the situation in Ukraine as president – Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.

Zelenskyj previously also commented on the possibility of Trump returning to the White House. “In this situation, when you have support, you are afraid of change. I view change in government the same as anyone else – you want change for the better. But the opposite could also happen,” he said. newspaper in June Wall Street Journal.

Weekly The Economist Additionally, he added that a Trump presidency could be a “disaster for Europe” at this point. The United States has a major voice in NATO, which would be significantly weakened if America left due to the size of their troops. At the same time, Trump has spoken about his possible emergence as president.

According to the weekly, this would also create a large imbalance between nuclear capacities. Without the United States, NATO would have a maximum of 300 nuclear missiles from Britain and France. Moscow, on the other hand, six thousand.

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