TRIBUNNEWS.COM – Former US President Donald Trump claimed that his personality kept the US from getting involved in the war and criticized Joe Biden’s response to the Ukraine crisis.
This he conveyed at a rally in South Carolina on Saturday (12/3/2022).
Trump also warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not stop his attacks on Ukraine.
“Fake news says my personality will get us into war, but it’s actually my personality that keeps us out of war,” Trump said, adding that an invasion of Ukraine could lead to World War III.
“I saw what happened, because if you think Putin is going to quit, it’s going to get worse and worse,” he said. Newsweek.
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The 45th US president admitted that he was able to deal with Russia while he was still in office.
According to him, no president is tougher on Moscow than him.
“I am the one who imposed all the sanctions on (Russia) and I am the one that he (Putin) did not attack during our administration,” he said.
Trump also claimed to have succeeded in stopping the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project that flows from Russia to Western Europe and passes through Ukraine.
During his speech, Trump also criticized President Joe Biden for the crisis in Ukraine.