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does the u.s. need to seek putin’s advice on military aid to ukraine? trump: this was a mistake

2024-10-06

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"trump 'asked putin for advice' on whether the united states should help arm ukraine." the british "independent" cited an article in the american "new york times" on this topic on the 5th, breaking the news about a paragraph about the former us president trump. details of trump's interactions with russian president vladimir putin.

on july 7, 2017, russian president vladimir putin and then-u.s. president trump held their first official meeting in hamburg, germany. according to a report by the new york times on the 5th, during this meeting with putin, trump told the latter that the united states was considering providing weapons to ukraine.

"what do you think?" trump asked putin at the time.

putin's answer to this was: this was a "mistake". no matter what the united states gave ukraine, they wanted more.

the new york times stated that three u.s. officials who attended the meeting in hamburg said that trump did not refute putin’s answer.

former us president and republican presidential candidate trump’s attitude towards the russia-ukraine conflict has always attracted much attention. on september 27, local time, trump met with ukrainian president zelensky at trump tower in new york. trump once again reiterated his previous argument that if he returns to the white house, he will quickly end the conflict between russia and ukraine, and said in front of zelensky that he has a "good relationship" with russian president vladimir putin. according to previous reports by us media, zelensky's recent remarks and "harmonious" scenes with top democrats have angered republicans. on september 25, trump once publicly accused zelensky of "maliciously slandering him."