The Kremlin said on Friday (26) it welcomed comments by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump about Russia being a “war machine” that defeated Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler, but said it was not wearing rose-colored glasses when it came to the Republican candidate.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a question about comments Trump said he made to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a July 19 phone call.
Trump later told Fox News that he had told Zelensky the war needed to end.
“This is a war machine that you’re up against. That’s what they do, they fight wars. They beat Hitler. They beat Napoleon. We’ve got to end this war,” Trump said.
Commenting on Trump’s remarks, Peskov said: “It will probably be useful for most of the American public to know that there are many glorious pages in Russian history, and in fact, probably few people in the US, that is, ordinary Americans and perhaps representatives of the so-called political establishment, know the history so deeply.”
But Peskov, when asked later about a Wall Street Journal commentary co-authored by Mike Pompeo, Trump’s former secretary of state, said the Kremlin was keeping its eyes open when it came to assessing what a Trump presidency could mean for Russia.
Pompeo’s comment suggested that Trump would impose tough new sanctions on Moscow if elected and increase aid to Ukraine.
“We have never and will not wear rose-colored glasses. (Trump) is a representative of the US political elite, which is now absolutely suffering from the total anti-Russian sentiment,” Peskov said.
“When he was president, under Trump, the Americans started this sanctions race, under Trump a huge number of sanctions were imposed against our country and in that respect he is not very different to us from everyone else.”
“Maybe he will show a little more political wisdom in terms of maintaining channels of dialogue. But in fact, he does not have a special impact on anything, and we must be aware of this,” Peskov said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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