Moscow’s military struggle with Kiev could lead to World War Three, the former US president has warned
The Ukraine conflict is a lost cause and the country’s leader Vladimir Zelensky should have never allowed it to happen, former US President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said.
During his appearance on PBD Podcast, hosted by Patrick Bet-David, on Thursday, Trump noted the lavish military aid provided to Kiev by Washington amid the fighting with Moscow as an example of the wastefulness of the administration of US President Joe Biden.
Biden and Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, are “the worst president and vice president in history,” he said. “It is so bad what they are doing to our country on the borders; it is so bad what they are doing with the money.”
Ukrainian leader Vladimir “Zelensky is one of the greatest salesmen I have ever seen. Every time he comes in [to the US] we give him a hundred billion dollars. Who else got that kind of money in history?” the former president stressed.
"That does not mean I do not want to help him because I feel very badly for those people [in Ukraine]. But he should never have let that war start. That war is a loser,” he said.
However, later in the conversation, the Republican presidential candidate said: “I do largely blame Biden” for the outbreak of the fighting between Moscow and Kiev in February 2022.
"If you watch his words [in the run up to the conflict], his words were the exact opposite of what he should have been saying. He instigated that war.... [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is no angel, but everything Biden said was wrong,” Trump pointed out. “That should have never happened,” he said of the fighting between Russia and Ukraine.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is “getting really bad. You could have World War Three,” he warned.
“It should have never happened. If I were president that war would have never happened. Putin would have never done it,” the Republican presidential nominee insisted.
The US is “not respected” anymore on the international stage due to the actions of the Biden administration, but “the world is going to behave” if he wins the November 5 election, Trump insisted.
"I think I will settle the Russia-Ukraine [conflict], while I am president-elect,” the Republican nominee said, reiterating a claim he made earlier on a number of occasions.
"I met with Zelensky the other day [in New York in late September]. I have a good relationship with Putin and with Zelensky,” he said, without elaborating on how exactly he is going to persuade the sides to cease hostilities.
When commenting on media reports of Trump’s team developing a road map for settling the Ukrainian conflict in June, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that “the value of any plan lies in the details and whether it takes into account the situation on the battlefield.” He reiterated that Moscow remained ready for negotiations, but stressed that they should be substantive and recognize the events on the ground.
