Former US President Donald TrumpWASHINGTON, Mar 13The situation around Ukraine could escalate into a global conflict, because «there is no one to talk» with the leadership of the Russian Federation, said former US President Donald Trump. «This could lead to a third world war, I see what is happening. Because if you think that (President Russian Federation Vladimir — ed.) Putin will stop: it will get worse and worse, he will not accept it. And we have no one to talk to him, we used to have such a person — me. No one was as harsh with Russia as I was, «said Trump at a supporter rally in South Carolina. Trump said that «his personality kept the United States» from global conflicts, and not vice versa, as, according to the former US president, opponents want to present. As Trump said, the United States must also «get rid of rotten and failed foreign policy establishment» in their own country. “Until these sleepwalkers lead us to the destruction of the nation and the third world war,” Trump said. According to him, “despite the weakness, cowardice and incompetence” of the current US President Joe Biden, there is still a way to resolve the situation diplomatically. The United States must, according to Trump said to make it clear to the leadership of the Russian Federation that «he has two choices — either negotiations for peace right now or significant consequences await him.» As the former US president said, America should think about completely getting rid of dependence on the Russian Federation in the field of energy, «forever or for a very long time.» Trump added that under a democratic administration, the United States has ceased to be respected in the world. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 . President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized.
