Trump said he told Putin he’d hit Moscow if he invaded Ukraine and said Putin believed it 5-10% which was all that was needed to keep Putin from invading during his term.
Show me the proof.
Trump said he told Putin he’d hit Moscow if he invaded Ukraine and said Putin believed it 5-10% which was all that was needed to keep Putin from invading during his term.
Putin publicly stated for many years that if Ukraine were to join NATO, Russia would consider it a red line crossed and invade. The lunacy of Ukraine joining NATO never came up while Trump was President. Trump called Ukraine corrupt.
With the Biden regime, Elensky was emboldened to poke the bear with this tweet:
https://twitter.com/zelenskyyua/status/1404512788966514689?lang=en
@ZelenskyyUa
Ukraine government officialCommend @NATO partners' understanding of all the risks and challenges we face. NATO leaders confirmed that [Ukraine] will become a member of the Alliance & the #MAP is an integral part of the membership process. [Ukraine] deserves due appreciation of its role in ensuring Euro-Atlantic security
1:55 PM · Jun 14, 2021·Twitter Web App
See also a response tweet:
kostas akritas
@KostasAkritasJun 14, 2021
If Ukraine becomes a member of NATO, then it can say goodbye to eastern Ukraine. You will lose part of your land! Good Luck!
More Elensky tweets and statements followed to the effect that Ukraine was invited to join NATO and that membership was imminent.
Voice of America
January 12, 2022 1:27 PM
By Jamie DettmerUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy tweeted during a NATO summit he attended in June that Western leaders had confirmed his country “will become a member of the Alliance.”
The Ukrainian leader’s tweet, seen by some Western diplomats as ill-timed and intended to goad Russia, drew a predictably furious response from Kremlin officials. They have long warned that the accession of Ukraine to NATO is unacceptable to Moscow, the crossing of a red line which would be met by retaliatory measures.
Despite — or because of — Kremlin threats, and a Russian military buildup along the borders of Ukraine, President Zelenskiy has continued to press for Ukraine to be admitted into NATO as soon as possible, saying it is the only way to deter further Russia aggression. Others, including some Western leaders, fear it would do the reverse — invite more Russian aggression. ...
Zelensky kept popping off about it. FAFO. It's not like Russian intentions were kept a secret.