Donald Trump spoke about the Ukrainian crisis on a radio show.
Watching the televised address Monday, February 21 in the evening of Vladimir Putin, who declared to recognize the independence of two Russian separatist territories, "
I said to myself 'this is genius'
, commented Donald Trump.
"
I was like, 'How smart is that?
He's going to come in and be a peacekeeper
,'” he added.
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"
Not only does Putin get what he always wanted, but he is getting richer and richer thanks to the boom in oil and gas
," added the former president, assuring that he knows "
very, very well
" the Russian president.
“
How clever is he
”, also judged Donald Trump.
Joe Biden's predecessor also slammed the current Democratic president's crisis management, deeming "
weak
" and "
insignificant
" the sanctions taken by the United States against Russia at the start of the week "
compared to the capture of a country and of strategically located land
.
Would the situation have been different if Donald Trump had been in power?
The Russian leader “
would never have done under the Trump administration what he is doing now
”, assured the former president, whose prospect of a candidacy for the American presidential election in 2024 is approaching.
He also blamed Joe Biden for this "
disaster
" in Ukraine.
China, "the next"
Drawing a parallel with the threat posed by the Chinese government to Taiwan, Donald Trump also declared that China would be "
next
" to act aggressively.
“
They are waiting after the Olympics [...] Now that the Olympics are over, look at your stopwatch, right?
[Xi] wants
it,” commented the former president, saying China and Russia were like “
twin sisters
.”
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Republicans in general accuse the Democratic administration of not going far enough in sanctions.
On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lamented '
Putin's aggression
' and urged Joe Biden to take swift and aggressive action, warning of '
catastrophic
' consequences if the West does not challenge the president .
Russian.
Several elected Republicans have also called for more drastic measures.
If Russia "
is now sending troops to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions under the guise of peacekeeping forces, now is not the time to be satisfied with symbolic pin-pricks that will only serve to embolden Putin and endangering our friends in Ukraine
,” two Republican representatives, members of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees, Michael McCaul and Mike Rogers, said in a joint statement.
“Now is the time for President Biden to impose sanctions that strike at the heart of the Russian economy and permanently end the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as he promised the world.”
