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.
With our special correspondent in Orlando, David Thomson
Acclaimed as a rockstar in an Orlando hotel, Donald Trump assures him outright, if he were in power, Putin would never have dared attack ukraine. The 45th President of the United States goes so far as to make a link between the Russian invasion and his obsession electoral fraudnever proven of 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 21st century president 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 assureshe understood me, he knew that I was not playing. ” But with Bidensays Trump, respect for the Kremlin would have disappeared: “ 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 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.