Donald Trump, the former president of the United States (2017-2021), reassured him this Tuesday. He Won’t Withdraw His Presidential Candidacy Even If Convicted About 34 commercial record falsifications filed against him by a grand jury in New York last week.
In an interview with Fox News, when asked by a New York Justice whether he would quit the election race if found guilty, Trump said he would “never leave”. “I wouldn’t have left him,” the Republican politician stressed in his first televised interview after porn actor Stormy Daniels accused him of erratic payments to keep her quiet about their sexual relationship.
In the interview, Trump referred to the day of the trial against him at the Manhattan courthouse and assured him that it was “terrible.” “People were crying, the people working there. They told me they were sorry,” the Republican said. The President had the opportunity to criticize Joe BidenStating his intention to be re-elected in 2024, Trump said “I don’t think he can run[as a candidate]” for Biden, adding that “it’s not about age (…) it’s just something”. wrong (tenth)”.
Regarding the war in Ukraine, Trump said this is something that would not have happened if he was still in the White House, and even assured that he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin about it while he was president. “I could see he loved Ukraine, he sees it as part of Russia,” Trump said. He criticized the current US policy towards the war, especially military support to the Government of Ukraine. The former president said, “Biden is so attached to Ukraine. What if this isn’t a winnable war?” They took the military equipment that I had rebuilt and gave it all to Ukraine,” he said.
Since the start of the war, the United States has sent more than $70 billion in aid to Ukraine, including humanitarian, military and financial support, according to data from the Kiel Institute of World Economy. The final aid package, announced last week, was $2.6 billion, which includes the Patriot air defense system and additional ammunition for the Nasams. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated the aid shipment and assured him that this is exactly what his country needed to confront Russia.