Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested that President Donald Trump could have prevented Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Ukraine's resistance was “absolutely viable for freedom and democracy” and the collapse of the eastern European nation would be an “absolute catastrophe”. “I understand that,” Trump said.
In an interview with the Telegraph, Prime Minister Johnson said: “I want to go down in history as the man who started his second term not by making America great, but by making the Soviet Union great again.'' I don't think so.'' published on Thursday.
The former president, who has expressed skepticism about U.S. aid to Ukraine, repeatedly said during his campaign that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if he were commander in chief. Since Russia first attacked Ukraine in February 2022, the United States has provided about $60 billion in military aid to the war-torn country.
The former president met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in New York last week. Before the sit-in, President Trump told reporters he could broker a deal to end the war “very quickly.”
President Trump said, “We will work closely with both sides to resolve this issue.''
“We have a very good relationship, and as you know, I have a very good relationship with President Putin. If we win, I think this issue can be resolved very quickly.” “I hope we can have better relations,” the Republican candidate added, before Zelenskiy chimed in.
“I think we can work out something that's good for both sides,” President Trump said. “It’s time.By the way, the president is [Zelensky] I know that too. he wants to accomplish something. He doesn't want to do that. ”
In a wide-ranging interview, Johnson praised Trump's unpredictability and said he had spoken to the Republican candidate “very recently.”
“One of Trump's strengths is his complete unpredictability,” Johnson said. “That's one of the reasons I look at how he actually behaved on foreign affairs and contrast that with what people say about him.”
“He expelled 60 Russian spies.” [after the Salisbury poisonings]” he continued. “He was much tougher on Syria than the Democratic government. He was much tougher on the Revolutionary Guards. [Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps] And he gave the Ukrainians Javelin missiles. ”
