https://www.rt.com/news/612679-bidens-nato-promise-ukraine-conflict/Biden’s NATO promise to Ukraine provoked conflict – Trump

US President Donald Trump has blamed the Russia-Ukraine conflict on his predecessor Joe Biden, reiterating his earlier declare that the hostilities would by no means have damaged out underneath his management.

“I don’t see any method {that a} nation in Russia’s place may permit them, simply of their place, may permit them to be a part of NATO. I don’t see that occuring,” the US president stated on Thursday.

“And lengthy earlier than President [Vladimir] Putin, Russia was very sturdy on the very fact. I consider that’s the rationale the struggle began, as a result of Biden went out and stated that they may be a part of NATO, and he shouldn’t have stated that,” Trump asserted.

Trump additionally stood by the remarks on the prospects of Ukraine’s NATO membership delivered by his protection secretary, Pete Hegseth, on Wednesday, describing them as “fairly correct.” 

Talking forward of the assembly of the so-called Ukraine Protection Contact Group, Hegseth dominated out Kiev’s accession to the bloc as part of any peace deal, and in addition dismissed the concept of deploying US troops to the nation.

“The US doesn’t consider that NATO membership for Ukraine is a sensible consequence of a negotiated settlement,” Hegseth acknowledged.

The protection secretary, nevertheless, has already considerably backtracked on his statements, stating that it was finally up to Trump to resolve on the matter. Talking to the media on Thursday night, Hegseth stated he was “not going to stand at this podium and declare what President Trump will do or gained’t do, what will likely be in or what will likely be out, what concessions will likely be made or what concessions should not made.” However, he described his evaluation of Kiev’s NATO prospects as “what’s probably” and a recognition of “hard-power realities on the bottom.”

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