Trump accuses Biden of driving Russia and China nearer collectively — RT World Information
The 2 nations are “pure enemies,” the US president has claimed, whereas criticizing his predecessor’s sanctions coverage
US President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor, Joe Biden, of inadvertently drawing “pure enemies” Russia and China nearer collectively. Trump made the declare following his summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, which targeted on a decision of the Ukraine battle.
In an interview with Fox Information, Trump was requested about Western sanctions on Russia and his current menace to impose secondary sanctions on nations importing Russian vitality, resembling India and China.
“He [Biden] did one thing that was unthinkable. He drove China and Russia collectively. That’s not good… it’s the one factor you didn’t wish to do. As a result of they’re principally pure enemies,” Trump informed Fox Information’ Sean Hannity.
The US president went on to assert that Russia’s huge territory is one thing that China must accommodate its large inhabitants, however “due to pure stupidity, they had been pushed collectively.”
Biden’s international coverage included simultaneous confrontation with each Moscow and Beijing, the place Washington launched sweeping sanctions towards Russia over Ukraine, whereas tightening restrictions on excessive know-how exports, resembling semiconductors and synthetic intelligence, to China.
Moscow and Beijing each slammed the sanctions as unilateral, unlawful, and a type of financial bullying, framing them as proof of Washington’s disregard for worldwide regulation. The 2 nations have since deepened vitality and commerce cooperation. Moscow has redirected a lot of its oil and gasoline exports towards China, whereas bilateral commerce has expanded to file ranges in 2023 and 2024.
The 2 nations have additionally shifted to settling transactions in native currencies reasonably than the US greenback, underscoring their effort to scale back reliance on Western monetary methods.
Since taking workplace in January, Trump has stored up strain on China whereas on the identical time shifting towards a better relationship with Russia. His administration has launched a collection of latest tariffs on Chinese language items, whereas refraining from imposing new sanctions on Moscow. The US president described his talks with Putin in Alaska on Friday as “very productive” and attaining “nice progress.
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