United States: at the great mass of conservatives, Trump criticizes Biden on the crisis in Ukraine
At a meeting in Florida on February 27, for the annual high mass of American conservatives in Orlando, Donald Trump strongly criticized the management of the Ukrainian crisis by his successor Joe Biden.
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In a meeting in Florida on Saturday evening, for the annual high mass of American conservatives in Orlando, Donald Trump strongly criticized the management of the Ukrainian crisis by his successor Joe Biden.
According to Donald Trump, the war would not have happened if he had been president.
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With our special correspondent in Orlando
,
David Thomson
Acclaimed as a rockstar in an Orlando hotel, Donald Trump bluntly assures him that if he were in power, Putin would never have dared
to attack Ukraine
.
The 45th President of the United States goes so far as to make a link between the Russian invasion and his obsession
with electoral fraud
, never proven in the American presidential election.
“
The Russian attack on Ukraine is appalling.
It is an outrage and an atrocity that should never have been allowed to happen.
But everyone understands that this horrific disaster wouldn't have happened if our election hadn't been rigged and if I were the president.
It's very simple.
It wouldn't have happened!
Under Bush, Russia invaded Georgia.
Under Obama, Russia took over Crimea.
Under Biden, Russia invaded Ukraine.
I am the only president of the 21st century who has never seen Russia invade another country under his tenure.
»
Trump touts mutual respect with Vladimir Putin
And Donald Trump to praise his relationship made of virility and mutual respect with the Russian dictator.
“
I got along well with Putin,
he assures
us, he understood me, he knew that I was not playing.
But with
Biden
, Trump says, respect for the Kremlin would be gone: “
Putin plays Biden like he's drumming.
It's sad to see, especially when you love your country.
»
And on the eve of the invasion, Trump had shocked the United States by hailing "Putin's genius in Ukraine."
Yes, Putin is smart, he tries to clarify today, but the problem, says Trump, is above all the stupidity of Western leaders.
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