I would negotiate a deal - Trump did not answer about weapons for Ukraine and ruled out the threat of Russian aggression under his rule
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Former President Trump said he would negotiate a deal with Russia to prevent further invasion of Ukraine, claiming, that Putin would not have dared attack if Trump were president, while criticising NATO allies for not paying their fair share.
Donald Trump has not confirmed his readiness to help Ukraine with weapons to prevent the Russian aggressor from continuing to seize Ukrainian territory. The most likely Republican candidate noted that "Ukrainians are very brave" and Russia has a powerful army. If he were president, Trump said, Putin would not dare to invade.
This is reported by UNN with reference to Fox News.
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I agree that Ukrainians are very brave. But this is something that should have been negotiated.
According to the former president, he would have negotiated a deal.
I don't even know if I would have had to negotiate, because they (Russian) would never have attacked if I were president
Trump emphasized that Russia has a powerful army, so it is necessary to negotiate and seek a compromise.
He also answered whether he would defend NATO countries that do not contribute their fair share of the defense burden.
When I was president in my first year, I went to the NATO summit and I noticed something (...) I'm very good with numbers - I looked at it and I said, you know, you have 20 out of 28 countries that have not paid or paid much less than they were supposed to. (...) The United States, meanwhile, paid much more than they did - we made up the difference. This is a huge amount. We pay almost 100% for them to use us
In this sense, he also mentioned "responsibility for Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine" and noted that he wanted to "make them pay.
They have to pay, because it's not fair otherwise
Recall
Mike Pence, who served for four years as vice president under President Donald Trump, said he would not support him in the presidential election.
Former US President Donald Trump called current President Joe Biden an "idiot" and said that Russian President Putin is threatening nuclear weapons because of Biden's weakness.
Macron said that Europe must prepare for warif it wants peace, as a Russian victory in Ukraine would reduce Europe's credibility to zero, and the war could spread across Europe, putting Russia in charge.
