Former US President Donald Trump. File photoWASHINGTON, Jan 30 Former US President Donald Trump at a rally in the US state of Texas called his successor Joe Biden's telephone conversation with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky unsuccessful, if even half of what they say about him is will turn out to be true. According to media reports, both leaders differed in their assessments of the threat they see in the presence of Russian troops near the borders of Ukraine, and the likelihood of an «invasion».
"Even if half of what they say is (true), it wasn't a good call",» Trump said.
«The President of Ukraine seemed to be telling him (Biden),» Calm down, just calm down. I think we're all right. Just calm down. Can you believe it? — he added.Zelensky responded to reports of a misunderstanding with BidenThe United States claims that Russia is capable of going on the offensive at any moment, evacuate part of the diplomats from Ukraine and urge other fellow citizens to quickly leave from there. In Kiev, they openly urge the Americans not to sow panic and say that they understand the situation better. Russia denies having aggressive plans against the neighboring country. Moscow noted that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about “Russian aggression” are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. Trump himself knows firsthand the delicacy of telephone contacts with Ukrainian leaders. His first call to Zelensky, in September 2019, was grounds for impeachment, which was announced by the House of Representatives but torpedoed by the Senate. Opponents of the ex-president tried to prove that he was seeking Ukraine to investigate corruption allegations against Joe Biden and his son Hunter, who was in the leadership of the local Burisma company. Trump also remembered his call, which, according to him, was made only to to congratulate Zelensky on his election, and the career of the son of the current American leader, who in the past as vice president oversaw Ukrainian issues. «Can you imagine that Hunter Biden earned 83 thousand dollars a month and received 3 million when he signed the contract? Even though he didn't know anything about oil. You should have come to Texas and taken anyone here,» he said. Ukraine on the «invasion», media reported