Putin dismisses Trump's Moscow threat, eyes future US ties
- Relations between the Russian Federation and the United States after the elections will depend on the future administration of the White House, stated Russian leader Vladimir Putin. He also commented on the alleged threats directed at him by Donald Trump.
Many pieces of information provided by Russian media or government representatives are elements of propaganda. Such reports are part of the information war waged by the Russian Federation.
In an interview published on Saturday by "The Wall Street Journal," Donald Trump claimed that he threatened Vladimir Putin with a strike on Moscow if he invaded Ukraine.
- I told Putin: Vladimir, we have great relations (…), if you enter Ukraine, I will hit you so hard that you won't even believe it. I will hit you right in the middle of friggin' Moscow. I said: We are friends. I don't want to do it, but I have no choice. He responded: No way. I said: Yes, way. I said: You will get it so hard that I will knock off those damn domes. Because, you know, he lives under domes - recounted Trump.
Putin said he "does not remember" such a conversation. He emphasized that "it doesn't make sense to threaten Russia because it only invigorates it."
- Russia will be open to cooperation with the USA after the elections there if they are willing, too. Don't want to? No problem. Russia-USA relations after the elections will depend on the future administration of the White House, added Putin at the conference summarizing the BRICS summit.
The leader also considered Trump's statements on ending the war in Ukraine as "sincere."
