Putin dismisses Trump's Moscow threat, eyes future US ties
Russian leader Vladimir Putin stated that relations between the Russian Federation and the United States after the elections will depend on the future administration of the White House. He also commented on Donald Trump's alleged threats.
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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."
Putin added at the conference summarizing the BRICS summit that Russia will be open to cooperating with the USA after the elections there if they are willing. If they don't want to, that's no problem. Russia-USA relations after the elections will depend on the future administration of the White House.
The leader also considered Trump's statements on ending the war in Ukraine as "sincere."
