Ukraine's Security and Defence Council Secretary on US elections: Russia assumed Trump is on its side before
Ukraine is planning for different outcomes of the 2024 US presidential elections, including the possible victory of the Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump.
Source: Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council (NSDC), in an Ukrainska Pravda.Live interview
Quote from Danilov: "No need to make a tragedy out of this. Let me once again remind you that when Trump became president [for the first time], people in Russia celebrated, popped champagne, and greeted one another. Their slogan was "Trump is ours". But it turned out that Trump wasn’t theirs at all. Trump is American. So let’s calm down. American people will make their choice. We need to pursue our own path…
We have to work with any president and any political powers that have received a legitimate mandate of trust from their voters. The NSDC is planning for different outcomes. The question of what we want our country to look like after our victory is currently very important. Our country is pregnant with change."
Background:
- After his success at the Iowa Republican caucuses, Donald Trump promised to "solve" the situation in Ukraine "very quickly" and said he was confident that he can get Russia and Ukraine to negotiate, boasting that he knows Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "very well".
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