Former President Donald Trump said he can end the Russian-Ukrainian war “in 24 hours” when his presidential crusade begins in New Hampshire on Saturday.
“Remember the crooked Hilary?” He will push for a war in his first week in office. “Because they think that’s my personality type. But it’s quite the opposite,” Trump said as he addressed the crowd in Salem, New Hampshire.
“My personality kept us out of the war,” the former president continued. “And I told them before, [this] would never have happened with Russia. Putin would never have entered. And even now, I can solve this. “in 24 hours. It’s so terrible what happened. These villages are being demolished now. “
Trump concluded that if he had been president, “there would be no chance of a war happening. “
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According to Bloomberg, Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning a new offensive in a month or two to fight Ukraine’s gains in the war that began last February. This comes after the long-awaited announcement that Ukraine will soon get more weapons from the Western military.
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced that the United States would send Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops 31 M1 Abrams war tanks. Meanwhile, Germany also announced that it would send its Leopard 2 main war tanks (MBTs) to Ukraine to the war-torn country. effective.
Robert Collins, a political analyst and professor at Dillard University, told Newsweek on Saturday: “Former President Trump still says he can seamlessly solve any challenges that exist lately. Even if the records show he had his own challenges that he just can’t solve. “his mandate. “
Collins continued, “His claims will not be the foreign policy or symbol of Biden or America outside the country. Polling data shows that [the] rest of the world has a negative view of Trump. Of course, he will remain his base in the United States satisfied and motivated to send him money, which is all he cares about. “
Following Biden’s announcement, Russian officials condemned the United States and denigrated Abrams’ usefulness.
Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said the move is “another blatant provocation against the Russian Federation,” while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Abrams and other Western tanks “would burn like everyone else. “
On Thursday, Pentagon deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Russian virulence is nothing new.
“I feel like I’ve heard this topic of discussion from them before, whether it’s the Javelins we were giving away or the HIMARS and then the Patriot,” he told reporters. “I guess it all seems to be an ‘escalation. ‘” I don’t see it that way. “
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