Donald Trump, during an act in which he appeared in Palm Beach after being prosecuted in New York for the Stormy Daniels case BEAUTIFUL FRAME | Reuters
I never desert, says the former US president in his first interview after 34 indictments were filed against him
This was confirmed by the former President of the United States (2017-2021) Donald Trump will not withdraw his presidential candidacy even if he is convicted of all 34 counts of falsifying business records indicted by a New York grand jury last week. In an interview with Fox News, when asked if he would leave the election race if found guilty by a New York court, Trump replied that he “never deserts.”
“I wouldn’t leave him,” said the Republican politician in the first television interview he gave after the indictment, regarding the irregular payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their sexual relationship.
In the interview, Trump referred to the day of the indictment against him in the Manhattan courthouse and assured that it was “terrible”. “People were crying, people who worked there. They told me they were sorry,” the Republican said.
Trump also used the interview to criticize President Joe Biden, who has signaled his intention to run again in 2024. “I don’t think he can (run),” Trump said of Biden, adding that “It’s not about age (…) there’s just something wrong (with him)».
As for the war in Ukraine, Trump said it was something that would not have happened if he was still in the White House, and even assured that he had discussed it with Russian President Vladimir Putin while he was president. “I could see that He considers Ukraine to be part of Russia,” Trump said, criticizing current US policy toward the war, particularly military support given to the Ukrainian government. “Biden is so committed to Ukraine, what if it’s not a winnable war?“, said the former president. “They took the military apparatus that I restored and gave it to all of Ukraine,” he added.
The United States has sent more than $70 billion in aid to Ukraine since the start of the war, including humanitarian, military and financial support, according to data from the Kiel Institute for World Economics. The latest aid package, announced last week, was worth $2.6 billion, which includes additional munitions for the Patriot air defense system and NASAMS.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the aid shipment, saying it was exactly what his country needed to deal with Russia.
Source: La Vozde Galicia
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