{"id":138135,"date":"2024-12-17T19:14:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T12:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138135"},"modified":"2024-12-17T19:14:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T12:14:54","slug":"trump-says-it-was-stupid-for-biden-to-let-ukraine-use-us-weapons-to-strike-deeper-into-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138135","title":{"rendered":"Trump says it was &#8216;stupid&#8217; for Biden to let Ukraine use US weapons to strike deeper into Russia"},"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>PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) \u2014 <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">President-elect Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> on Monday suggested that he may reverse President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a><\/span> recent decision to allow Ukrainian forces to use American long-range weapons <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-ukraine-long-range-weapons-russia-52d424158182de2044ecc8bfcf011f9c\">to strike deeper into Russian territory.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trump called the decision made by Biden last month \u201cstupid.\u201d He also expressed anger that his incoming administration was not consulted before Biden made the move. With the loosening of the restrictions, Biden gave Ukraine long-sought permission to use the Army Tactical Missile System provided by the U.S. to strike Russian positions hundreds miles from its border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think that should have been allowed, not when there\u2019s a possibility \u2014 certainly not just weeks before I take over,\u201d Trump said during at a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-news-conference-takeaways-d2eecc2a57652976a0835cdd1d1a50f6\">wide-ranging news conference<\/a><\/span> at his Mar-a-Lago resort. \u201cWhy would they do that without asking me what I thought? I wouldn\u2019t have had him do that. I think it was a big mistake.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s withering criticism of the Biden administration\u2019s move comes as the Democratic administration aims to push every last dollar already designated for Ukraine out the door to help repel <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\">Russia\u2019s invasion<\/a><\/span> before Trump takes office on Jan. 20, with future aid uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>But even as Biden tries to surge weaponry and other aid to Ukraine in his final five weeks in office, the moment underscored that it\u2019s Trump who holds the most significant influence over how Ukraine can use its U.S.-provided arsenal in the long run. It\u2019s a critical piece of leverage he could use to try to follow through on his campaign pledge to bring about a swift end to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he would consider reversing the Biden administration decision, Trump responded: \u201cI might. I think it was a very stupid thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House pushed back on Trump\u2019s criticism, noting that the decision was made after months of deliberations that started before last month\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I can assure you is that in the conversations we\u2019ve had with them since the election, and we\u2019ve had at various levels, we have articulated to them the logic behind it, the thinking behind it, why we were doing it,\u201d White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said of the current administration\u2019s coordination with the outgoing administration. <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been scrutinized since his 2016 campaign for president, when he called on Russia to find and make public missing emails deleted by <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/clinton\">Hillary Clinton<\/a><\/span>, his Democratic opponent. Trump publicly sided with Putin over U.S. intelligence officials on whether Russia had interfered in the 2016 election to help him, and Trump <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-campaigns-foreign-policy-4625a28e59996ff16085fdf30910a449\">has praised<\/a><\/span> the Russian leader and even called him \u201cpretty smart\u201d for invading Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President-elect JD Vance has said that while the U.S. has differences with Russia, it was counterproductive to approach Moscow as an enemy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Monday reiterated his call on both Ukrainian President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a><\/span> and Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war, calling the death and despair caused by the conflict \u201ccarnage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Trump also appeared to acknowledge that finding an immediate endgame to the war \u2014 something he has previously said he could get done within 24 hours of taking office \u2014 could be difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the Middle East will be in a good place,\u201d Trump said, referring to the conflict in Gaza and an unsettled Syria following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. \u201cI think actually more difficult is going to be the Russia-Ukraine situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump declined to say whether he has spoken with Putin since the election.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-paris-notre-dame-f97fde62ca2ce68c3874c395b305e26b\">Zelenskyy met with Trump in Paris<\/a><\/span> earlier this month, while the president-elect was visiting France for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral. Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials have been making a forceful effort to get Trump to maintain support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>But the situation on the ground in Ukraine continues to remain complicated as both sides wrestle for a battlefield advantage that will give them leverage in any negotiations to end the nearly <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\">three-year war. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon last week unveiled U.S. intelligence that predicts Russia could again launch its <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-oreshnik-hypersonic-missile-putin-ukraine-war-345588a399158b9eb0b56990b8149bd9\">lethal new intermediate-range ballistic missile<\/a><\/span> against Ukraine soon.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-intercontinental-missile-war-putin-d50183ccfc28b10c71e93f3e68159a61\">Putin<\/a><\/span> deployed the missile for the first time last month days after Biden loosened the restrictions on Ukraine. Putin warned the West that Russia\u2019s next use could be against Ukraine\u2019s NATO allies who allowed Kyiv to use their longer-range missiles to strike inside Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Biden agreed to loosen the restrictions after Zelenskyy and many of his Western supporters had pressed Biden for months. They argued that the U.S. ban had made it impossible for Ukraine to try to stop Russian attacks on its cities and electrical grids.<\/p>\n<p>The outgoing president ultimately made the decision last month amid concerns about Russia deploying thousands of North Korean troops to help it claw back land in the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-putin-kursk-incursion-ca6d18d06606794580bdc779d2c98134\">Kursk border region<\/a><\/span> that Ukraine seized this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><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<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-atacms-f3ca80252ea2812b6ab4f6844f7ecd23\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALM BEACH, Fla. 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