{"id":107259,"date":"2024-09-26T16:41:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T09:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107259"},"modified":"2024-09-26T16:41:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T09:41:27","slug":"trump-says-ukraine-is-demolished-and-dismisses-its-defense-against-russias-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107259","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Ukraine is &#8216;demolished&#8217; and dismisses its defense against Russia&#8217;s invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> described Ukraine in bleak and mournful terms Wednesday, referring to its people as \u201cdead\u201d and the country itself as \u201cdemolished,\u201d and further raising questions about how much the former president would be willing if elected again to concede in a negotiation over the country\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Trump argued Ukraine should have made concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the months before Russia\u2019s February 2022 attack, declaring that even \u201cthe worst deal would\u2019ve been better than what we have now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who has long been critical of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-russia-war-weapons-missiles-a4a109e2eb4581e59d5d1455deb92b09\">U.S. aid to Ukraine<\/a><\/span>, frequently claims that Russia never would have invaded if he was president and that he would put an end to the war if he returned to the White House. But rarely has he discussed the conflict in such detail.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks, at a North Carolina event billed as an economic speech, come on the heels of a debate this month in which he pointedly <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-harris-ukraine-russia-war-putin-98aed0b4ffd785c7865ee17f66030a1d\">refused to say<\/a><\/span> whether he wanted Ukraine to win the war. On Tuesday, Trump <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-russia-6e02fc7575a14d9abb64a326ffd0a4a3\">touted the prowess<\/a><\/span> of Russia and its predecessor Soviet Union, saying that wars are \u201cwhat they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republican former president, notoriously attuned to slights, began his denunciation of Ukraine by alluding to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s recent criticism of Trump and running mate JD Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy, who is visiting the U.S. this week to attend the U.N. General Assembly, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/the-new-yorker-interview\/volodymyr-zelensky-has-a-plan-for-ukraines-victory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told The New Yorker<\/a><\/span> that Vance was \u201ctoo radical\u201d for proposing that Ukraine surrender territories under Russian control and that Trump \u201cdoesn\u2019t really know how to stop the war even if he might think he knows how.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Said Trump, \u201cIt\u2019s something we have to have a quick discussion about because the president of Ukraine is in our country and he\u2019s making little nasty aspersions toward your favorite president, me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump painted Ukraine as a country in ruins outside its capital, Kyiv, short on soldiers and losing population to war deaths and neighboring countries. He questioned whether the country has any bargaining chips left to negotiate an end to the war. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny deal \u2014 the worst deal \u2014 would\u2019ve been better than what we have now,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIf they made a bad deal it would\u2019ve been much better. They would\u2019ve given up a little bit and everybody would be living and every building would be built and every tower would be aging for another 2,000 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat deal can we make? It\u2019s demolished,\u201d he added. \u201cThe people are dead. The country is in rubble.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy is pitching the White House on what he calls a victory plan for the war, expected to include an ask to use long-range Western weapons to strike Russian targets. <\/p>\n<p>While Ukraine outperformed many expectations that it would fall quickly to Russia, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/zelenskyy-peace-plan-biden-russia-ukraine-d5e0d1aa9bf7d17e13609c2564d26489\">outnumbered Ukrainian forces<\/a><\/span> face grinding battles against one of the world\u2019s most powerful armies in the country\u2019s east. Ukraine has lost a fifth of its territory and tens of thousands of lives in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Trump laid blame for the conflict on President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a><\/span> and Vice President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/span>, his Democratic rival in November. He said Biden \u201cegged it all on\u201d by pledging to help Ukraine defend itself rather than pushing it to cede territory to Russia. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden and Kamala allowed this to happen by feeding Zelenskyy money and munitions like no country has ever seen before,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n<p>Notably, Trump did not attack Putin\u2019s reasoning for launching the invasion, only suggesting Putin would not have started the war had Trump been in office. 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