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Trump confesses to Putin that military spend is too high
Posted on: March 2, 2020 at 07:29:18 CT
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Russian president Vladimir Putin has claimed that Donald Trump once expressed concerns to him about the level of U.S. military expenditure which he said was "too high."
As part of a series of filmed interviews with the Kremlin-funded agency Tass to mark the 20th anniversary of his position at the top of Russian politics, Putin was asked about Russia's military capabilities.
He told the interviewer, Andrei Vandenko, that Russia had no intention of fighting against anyone, rather the aim of its military development was "to create conditions so that nobody wants to fight against us."
"Today we rank seventh as far as arms spending goes. The U.S. has outstripped us, Donald [Trump] told me, 'they have adopted a huge budget for the next year, $738 billion budget, I think,'" Putin said.
Vandenko inquired, "was he bragging?" to which Putin replied, "No. He said this with regret. He said the costs were too high. But he had to do it. He actually advocated disarmament, as told me."
Putin did not specify when Trump supposedly told him this. Last month, Trump sent to Congress a 2021 budget request of $740.5 billion, $705.4 billion of which was for the Department of Defense, according to a DOD news release.
Edited by Ace at 08:19:32 on 03/02/20
As part of a series of filmed interviews with the Kremlin-funded agency Tass to mark the 20th anniversary of his position at the top of Russian politics, Putin was asked about Russia's military capabilities.
He told the interviewer, Andrei Vandenko, that Russia had no intention of fighting against anyone, rather the aim of its military development was "to create conditions so that nobody wants to fight against us."
"Today we rank seventh as far as arms spending goes. The U.S. has outstripped us, Donald [Trump] told me, 'they have adopted a huge budget for the next year, $738 billion budget, I think,'" Putin said.
Vandenko inquired, "was he bragging?" to which Putin replied, "No. He said this with regret. He said the costs were too high. But he had to do it. He actually advocated disarmament, as told me."
Putin did not specify when Trump supposedly told him this. Last month, Trump sent to Congress a 2021 budget request of $740.5 billion, $705.4 billion of which was for the Department of Defense, according to a DOD news release.
Edited by Ace at 08:19:32 on 03/02/20
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