Russian President Vladimir Putin stated the concept Donald Trump had particular ties with Russia was “complete nonsense”.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on September 12 that the prosecution of former U.S. President Donald Trump was politically motivated and demonstrated the “rottenness” of the U.S. political system.
Mr. Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is dealing with a collection of legal circumstances by which he’s charged, amongst different issues, with attempting to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat by Joe Biden.
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He has pleaded not responsible, whereas Mr. Biden, who’s in search of re-election subsequent yr, has stored silent concerning the proceedings in opposition to his opponent.
Mr. Putin stated what was taking place to Mr. Trump was good from Russia’s perspective.
“It shows all the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others about democracy,” he stated at a discussion board in Russia’s far jap metropolis of Vladivostok.
“Everything that’s happening with Trump is politically motivated persecution of one’s political rival, that’s what it is. And it’s being done before the eyes of the U.S. public and the whole world. They’ve simply exposed their internal problems.”
Mr. Putin continued: “In this sense, if they are trying to fight us in some way, it’s good, because it shows who is fighting us. It shows, as they said back in Soviet times, ‘the bestial face of American imperialism, the bestial grin’.”
As President, Mr. Trump was investigated for potential collusion with Russia however an investigation by particular counsel Robert Mueller didn’t discover enough proof that Trump’s marketing campaign had coordinated with Moscow to affect the 2016 election by which he defeated Hillary Clinton.
Mr. Putin stated the concept Mr. Trump had particular ties with Russia was “complete nonsense”.
He additionally stated important adjustments within the U.S.-Russia relationship have been unlikely no matter who wins the 2024 U.S. election as a result of the administration was “hammering into people’s heads” that Russia was an existential adversary.
“No matter who is elected, the vector of anti-Russian U.S. policy is unlikely to be affected,” he stated.
Relations between Moscow and Washington, already strained throughout Trump’s presidency, have plunged to post-Cold War lows below Biden following Putin’s determination in February 2022 to ship tens of 1000’s of troops into Ukraine, triggering sweeping Western sanctions and Western army help to Kyiv.
Source: www.thehindu.com
