Trump says he sympathizes with Russia's opposition to NATO membership for Ukraine
Reuters ^ | 1-7-25 | By Gram Slattery and Helen Reid
Posted on 01/07/2025 3:39:09 PM PST by bimboeruption
President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he sympathized with the Russian position that Ukraine should not be part of NATO, and he lamented that he will not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin before his inauguration.
Speaking at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, Trump also blamed outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden for allegedly changing the U.S. position on NATO membership for Ukraine.
"A big part of the problem is, Russia - for many, many years, long before Putin - said, 'You could never have NATO involved with Ukraine.' Now, they've said that. That's been, like, written in stone," Trump said.
"And somewhere along the line Biden said, 'No. They should be able to join NATO.' Well, then Russia has somebody right on their doorstep, and I could understand their feelings about that."
Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have officially expressed support for Ukraine's eventual membership since the Bucharest Summit of 2008, and the Biden administration continues to support Ukraine's eventual NATO accession, though Ukraine has never been extended an invitation.
Trump's aides and allies generally oppose NATO membership for Ukraine, at least in the foreseeable future, seeing it as an unnecessary provocation toward Moscow. Ukraine's leaders, meanwhile, have aggressively pushed for a NATO invitation, saying it is key to deterring further Russian aggression.
Trump had said on the campaign trail before the Nov. 5 election that he could solve the war in Ukraine before even taking office. While he still says he will quickly solve it, he has largely dropped that line, and he is now due to take office in less than two weeks.
"I hope to have six months. No, I would think, I hope long before six months," Trump said, when asked if he could solve the war within half a year.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakenews; nato; obamalegacy; putin; trump; ukraine; zeeperslament
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From the article: "Look, Russia is losing a lot of young people, and so is Ukraine, and it should have never been started." He also complained that he could not meet with Putin until after he takes office on Jan. 20. He said, without elaborating, that such a meeting would be inappropriate.
"I know that Putin would like to meet," Trump said. "I don't think it's appropriate that I meet until after the 20th which I hate, because, you know, every day people are being – many, many young people are being killed."
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FINALLY! Someone who cares about the lives of Ukrainians.
If it were up to Biden and Zelensky, this war would end only when the money ran out.
January 20th., can't come soon enough!
GO TRUMP!
To: bimboeruption
If it were up to Biden and Zelensky, this war would end only when the money ran out.
Let’s hope the money runs out on January 20. At least *our* part of it. I hope and pray that peace is imminent.
2 posted on 01/07/2025 3:46:48 PM PST by Allegra (Pat very close attention of such trolling behavior.)
To: bimboeruption
One more year of war in Ukraine and there will literally be no one left to even think about Ukrainian independence or “culture.”
Besides a few Azov Nazis, there will be no young men, and few young women, left to carry on.
3 posted on 01/07/2025 3:47:17 PM PST by PGR88
To: bimboeruption
Reuters lying again. Nowhere in that article did Trump say he sympathized with Russia. He said he could understand why they would not want Ukraine in NATO. Anything for the media to spin Trump in a negative light.
4 posted on 01/07/2025 3:47:42 PM PST by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
To: bimboeruption
Russian Troll .
Putin is a evil blood thirsty psychopath butcher .
Ask the East German survivors ( men woman children) that he the ordered the
Stansi Monsters shoot in the back running for Freedom .
5 posted on 01/07/2025 3:49:58 PM PST by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
To: Allegra
6 posted on 01/07/2025 3:51:28 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: ncalburt
7 posted on 01/07/2025 3:54:12 PM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possiWe neve hear of gambling paying off $billioble.)
To: ncalburt
You’re typing your canned response right out of the Soros Troll Handbook, aren’t you? 🙄
8 posted on 01/07/2025 3:56:01 PM PST by Allegra (Pat very close attention of such trolling behavior.)
To: ncalburt
Ask the East German survivors ( men woman children) that he the ordered the Stansi Monsters shoot in the back running for Freedom .
You're on the other side of the Iron Curtain now, in California. Funny how that works, isn't it?
To: usafa92
>>>>Reuters lying again. Nowhere in that article did Trump say he sympathized with Russia. He said he could understand why they would not want Ukraine in NATO. Anything for the media to spin Trump in a negative light.<<<<
Although President Trump didn’t say the word “sympathize”, he made it clear that he understood Russia’s reaction when NATO and the US changed their tune regarding Ukraine becoming a member of NATO.
I don’t Trump’s statements put him in a bad light.
10 posted on 01/07/2025 3:59:10 PM PST by bimboeruption ((“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023) )
To: bimboeruption
If President Trump shuts down the Uke GloboHomoPedoNazi Money Laundering Grift System, where will Ukes and Zeepers get the cash to fund their Homo and Pedo operations, Brothels, or their sex-change surgeries?
Where will Zelensky's Beard get the money to shop in Paris?
11 posted on 01/07/2025 4:02:49 PM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)
To: bimboeruption
That ought to cause Zeeper heads to explode.
12 posted on 01/07/2025 4:04:06 PM PST by Kazan
To: ncalburt
>>>>Russian Troll .<<<<
I’ve merely posted an article about President Trump’s position on the war in Ukraine.
It’s his statements, not mine.
Is Trump a Russian troll?
13 posted on 01/07/2025 4:05:27 PM PST by bimboeruption ((“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023) )
To: usafa92
What about this comment don't you understand?
"And somewhere along the line Biden said, 'No. They should be able to join NATO.' Well, then Russia has somebody right on their doorstep, and I could understand their feelings about that."
14 posted on 01/07/2025 4:05:46 PM PST by Kazan
To: bimboeruption
Trump is right on this.
But Putin said he invaded Ukraine because they were Nazis and he was out to ‘save’ the Russian minority.
15 posted on 01/07/2025 4:06:49 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (If you're Black don't Vote Blue cuz then you'll just be Black and Blue)
To: ncalburt
Putin is a evil blood thirsty psychopath butcher
Wrong. That's true of those in charge of our foreign policy under Biden and Obama, especially of Neocon Queen of Death, Victoria Nuland.
The war in Ukraine is 100% a result of our meddling in Ukraine.
16 posted on 01/07/2025 4:07:58 PM PST by Kazan
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