“He’s not going to go into Ukraine, okay?”
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Trump sought to clear up Sunday comments that Vladimir Putin “is not going to go into Ukraine” even though Russian Federation invaded Crimea in 2014 and has been fueling a civil war in the country’s eastern regions ever since.
In case you missed it: Since he praised Russia’s bombing of American-backed opposition fighters in Syria and called into question the United States’ North Atlantic Treaty obligation to the defense of the Baltic states, Trump has suggested he might recognize Russia’s annexation of the Crimea and argued America needs to restore its relations with Putin.
That’s not consistent with what the Republican presidential hopeful has said before. Second, he said Putin isn’t someone the next USA president should mess with.
In all fairness, Trump has previously discussed Russia’s invasion of the Crimea on numerous occasions – while praising Putin’s skills, a longstanding pattern of flattery for the former KGB agent and Russian leader.
The attempted clarifications left much unclarified.
TRUMP: I’m going to take a look at it. “There is no possibility short of a general war [where] you’re going to get the Russians out of Crimea”, Gingrich said.
THE FACTS: Putin did go into Ukraine.
In the days after Putin annexed Crimea in mid-March 2014, for instance, Trump expressed strong opposition to the move.
Then, three months ago, on the front page of “The Wall Street Journal”, they said North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to develop a terror division. Russian Federation is already in Ukraine.
“When I said in an interview that Putin is ‘not going into Ukraine, you can mark it down, ‘ I am saying if I am President”, the Republican nominee tweeted.
During a press conference in Florida on Wednesday, Trump voiced the hope that Russian Federation would release the texts of more than 30,000 emails which Clinton says she deleted – on the basis they were personal and not work-related – after using a private server while secretary of state. “You have to look at that”.
“Mr. Trump has said on the campaign trail the biggest threat is failed leadership on the part of Obama and Clinton”, he said. The referendum faced accusations of fraud after the voting.
First, Crimea. In 1991, as the Soviet Union dissolved, Ukraine and Russian Federation became separate nations. And the world community nearly universally panned the annexation.
“And as far as the Ukraine is concerned, it’s a mess”.
“Our president is not strong and he is not doing what he should be doing for the Ukraine”, Trump told he group of pro-Western businessmen, diplomats and politicians.
Ukraine has never been part of the 28-member organization.
It probably would never do so unless a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member such as Poland or one of the Baltic states were faced with Russian aggression.
Sunday’s exchange came in the wake of an alleged Russian computer hack of the Democratic National Committee – seen as an unprecedented foreign effort to interfere in a modern U.S. election – and Trump’s own call to Russia, which he later described as “sarcastic”, to help find deleted emails sent by Clinton.
That is notable. It would be a profound shift in US policy. Much of the criticism has been unfair.
Now, that was under – just so you understand, that was done under Obama’s administration. “This was a long time ago”.
“Are you suggesting that Putin would rather see him as president than you?”
In response, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has beefed up its presence in member states bordering Russian Federation, out of fear of further aggression. She also said that Trump has absolute allegiance to Russian Federation.
The Ukraine crisis was sparked by the then government’s plan to reject a deal with the European Union which would draw it away from Moscow’s sphere of influence. “It was taken over during Obama’s regime, big tough president”.
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