Former US President Donald Trump accused the Russian leadership of "disrespecting" his country's leadership in its talk about nuclear weapons, blaming his successor, Joe Biden, for the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis.
Addressing his supporters at a rally in Nebraska, the former US president said: “This happens when (Russian President Vladimir) Putin constantly talks about nuclear weapons. No one has ever talked about nuclear weapons, you shouldn't talk about it, that is a forbidden word because it is very destructive. He added that the Russian president "talks about it all the time, because he does not respect our leadership."
Trump noted that when he was president, he had a negative attitude toward the idea of modernizing the US nuclear forces, but "had no choice" because other countries were taking similar actions.
"In the meantime, we have a president who has no idea what's going on and shakes hands with the air," Trump said, whose speech was broadcast on local television, alluding to the recent bizarre incident with his successor and political opponent, Joe Biden, who reached out, after one of his public speeches, to shake hands with the vacuum.
Trump also criticized Joe Biden, accusing him of causing less than a year and a half damage to the country, what the "five worst presidents" of the United States combined could have done.
"You can take five of the worst presidents in American history and put them together, and they wouldn't have been able to do the damage Biden did to our country in just 16 months," he told the crowd.
Trump also touched on global issues, blaming his Democratic successor for the events in Ukraine. The former president noted that this situation is fraught with consequences for the whole world, including the risks of a new world war. "Our country is going downhill, but we'll fix it," Trump said. "I just hope it's not too late. What happened in Ukraine is very dangerous - it could alarm the whole world. It could turn into a world war. Our country is now run by people whose goal is escalation." situation into a world war.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that the danger of nuclear war is real, and this danger should not be underestimated, as there are many who are ready to artificially exaggerate this threat. According to him, Russia does not threaten anyone with nuclear war. Lavrov noted that all states of the "Nuclear Quintet" should adhere to the premise that nuclear war should not be unleashed.
Source: "Novosti"