NATO’s remarks were also a direct hit, “NATO Article 5 is activated only once to protect the United States… Trump’s remarks are dangerous.”
U.S. President Joe Biden directly criticized former President Donald Trump, the leading Republican presidential candidate, for his comments regarding Alexei Navalny.
On the 20th (local time), President Biden said in a social media “I refused,” he said directly.
Navalny, a Russian dissident, is a figure with high international recognition who survived a poisoning attack on an airplane in August 2020. He has been incarcerated since 2021, and the news of his sudden death ahead of the Russian presidential election scheduled for next month is raising many questions.
Former President Trump, who showed off his close relationships with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un, was primarily criticized for not making any comments immediately after the news of Navalny’s death broke.
Afterwards, he compared President Biden to Putin and himself to Navalny through his social media platform Truth Social. He also said that Navalny’s death reminded him of what is happening in the United States, and he criticized the Democratic Party’s political circles and the prosecutors who indicted him.
In a video that day, President Biden raised his voice and said, “He (Trump) said we are a declining country and a failing country,” and “Why does Trump always criticize the United States?” He went on to assert, “Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death.”
President Biden said, “Why can’t Trump speak up? “Putin is responsible,” he said, raising his voice. He continued, “We must pass a national, bipartisan bill against Putin, a national security bill that supports Ukraine.”
The video also included criticism targeting former President Trump’s remarks regarding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). President Biden said, “An attack on one country is an attack on all. “This is what is contained in NATO Article 5.”
“This is a simple but powerful concept, and it shows why America’s greatest source of strength is our allies,” he said. “Article 5 has been invoked only once in NATO’s history, to support the United States after we were attacked on 9/11. “He said.
President Biden said, “The whole world knows that if any enemy attacks us, our NATO allies will support us,” and “They (NATO allies) also know that we support them.”
He continued, “That’s why former President Trump’s remarks are so dangerous. He said he would encourage Russia to ‘do whatever it wants,’ and those remarks were conveyed around the world. “This will only encourage the enemy,” he lamented.
Previously, former President Trump caused controversy this month by saying that NATO allies ‘must pay up’ and that if they didn’t, he would ‘encourage them to do whatever the hell they want’ to Russia. did.
Source: Donga
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