Posted: 28.10.2022 09:52:00

Trump said crisis in Ukraine would not have happened if he was president

Former American leader Donald Trump said that he would not have allowed a military escalation in Ukraine if he was still president, RIA Novosti reports

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Addressing his supporters at a rally in Texas, he noted that hundreds of thousands of people may die in a military conflict on the territory of Ukraine now, but there might not have been an escalation if he had been president of the United States. Moreover, Donald Trump added that oil prices could also have remained low.

The former US leader believes Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘would never escalate’, adding that he ‘knows him well’.

Earlier, the 45th US president stressed that it is necessary to immediately start negotiations to end the crisis in Ukraine, otherwise what is happening could escalate into World War III.