Vladimir Putin's agenda does not only concern Ukraine, Kamala Harris warned voters during the presidential debate. In the section on international politics, she assessed that if Donald Trump, and not Joe Biden, were in power, Putin would already be “sitting in Kiev” and “keeping an eye on the rest of Europe, starting with Poland”. Trump threatened World War III, said that Russia has nuclear weapons, and when asked if he wanted Ukraine to win, he only replied that he wanted the war to end.
In Philadelphia on Tuesday evening, the first and perhaps only debate between US Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. One of the topics was foreign policy, especially the war started by Russia In Ukraine.
Harris: Under Trump, Putin Would Already Be Sitting in Kiev and Looking at Poland
– If Donald Trump were president, Putin would be sitting in Kiev right now – said Kamala Harris. – Understand what this means, because Putin's agenda is not just about Ukraine. Understand why European allies and our allies from NATO They are so grateful that you are no longer president, and that we understand the importance of the greatest military alliance the world has ever known, which is NATO,” she said.
The US vice president added that if it were not for her and Biden's actions to support Ukraine, Putin would have won the war and “kept an eye on the rest of Europe, starting with Poland.”
“Why don't you tell the 800,000 Polish-Americans here in Pennsylvania how quickly you would surrender for a favor and for what you think is friendship with a dictator who would eat you for lunch?” Harris said.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris during the debateDEMETRIUS FREEMAN/PAP/EPA
Trump responded that if he were president, Putin would be sitting in Moscow and “not have lost 300,000 troops.” He noted, however, that after all, Russia “has something called nuclear weapons.” “Maybe they'll use them. Nobody's talking about that,” he said. He also suggested that Putin invaded Ukraine because of the “stupid things” Harris said just before the invasion.
– I'll finish. war in Ukraine even before taking office – Donald Trump also promised on Tuesday. He said that “millions” of people are dying senselessly in the conflict and it threatens to turn into World War III.
He repeated his claim that if he had remained president, both wars would never have happened. Asked if he wanted Ukraine to win the war, he said that he “wants the war to end” and “wants to save the lives that are being senselessly lost.”
He also accused President Biden of “not even calling Putin” and not trying to resolve the conflict. “We're playing with World War III,” Trump said.
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