Ouagadougou: Russia condemned the attack on Donald Trump on Sunday, while saying it was not surprised, given the political tensions in the run-up to the American presidential election.
The Kremlin ‘strongly condemns any manifestation of violence within the framework of political competition,’ its spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said in a telephone press briefing on Sunday. He presented Russia’s ‘condolences’ to ‘the family of the victim killed in this attack’ and wished a speedy ‘recovery to all the victims’.
But the Kremlin spokesperson, like the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also judged that such an event was predictable, given the pre-election climate in the United States, and took the opportunity to criticize American support to Ukraine.
‘After numerous attempts to remove candidate Trump from the political arena by first using legal tools, (…), courts, prosecutors, attempts at political discredit, it was obvious to all outside observers that his life was in danger,’ said Mr. Peskov. Howe
ver, he added ‘do not believe at all that the (assassination) attempt was organized by the current power’.
Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took advantage of the attack to criticize American support for kyiv, while relations have considerably deteriorated between Moscow and the United States led by Democratic President Joe Biden, who must face Donald Trump in the presidential election in November.
Addressing ‘those who vote in the United States for the supply of weapons to (Volodymyr) Zelensky’, she recommended that Washington take an ‘inventory’ of its ‘policies of inciting hatred against opponents policies, countries and peoples. Policies which, according to her, include American support for Ukraine, which she accuses of fomenting ‘attacks against the Russian president’.
‘Perhaps it is better to use this money to fund the American police and other services supposed to ensure law and order in the United States? », she wrote on Telegram.
A possible victory for Donald Trum
p in the November elections poses great uncertainties over the sustainability of crucial American support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian offensive launched in 2022.
The Republican candidate suggested that he would end the conflict very quickly if he returned to the White House, raising the risk that kyiv would find itself forced to negotiate with Moscow in an unfavorable position.
Vladimir Putin said he took Donald Trump’s “desire to stop the war in Ukraine” “very seriously”, while the Democratic camp regularly attacks Donald Trump on his positions vis-à-vis Russia.
For example, Joe Biden’s campaign team released a video this week calling Donald Trump the ‘poodle’ of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Source: Burkina Information Agency