Donald Trump upset over Putin’s video showing missiles striking Florida: Report
The video, made for Vladimir Putin’s recent re-election campaign, promoted Russia’s new generation of nuclear weapons, but a scene allegedly showing missiles raining down on Florida caught US President Donald Trump’s eye.
A propaganda video released by President Vladimir Putin which touted Russia’s weaponry and its ability to strike the US state of Florida left President Donald Trump enraged, according to a media report.
The video, made for Putin’s recent re-election campaign, promoted Russia’s new generation of nuclear weapons, but a scene allegedly showing missiles raining down on Florida caught Trump’s eye, Axios reported.
Though publically silent, Trump “raged”, telling his aides “he understood this was Putin playing up to the crowds for his election but even so it was ‘over the line’”, Axios quoted a source familiar with Trump’s private comments as saying.
Trump would later lash out at Putin during a phone call on March 20. Axios reported this was the same phone call for which Trump’s advisors gave him briefing materials with instructions not to congratulate Putin for his election win. Trump ignored the advice and congratulated Putin anyway.
The source told Axios that Trump’s criticism of Putin during that phone call was “unprecedented” as his usual conversations with his Russian counterpart were “a bit of a love fest”.
Trump also raised the issue with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May, and they agreed about the “outrageous” nature of the video, the source said.
The White House hasn’t acknowledged this incident, with a National Security Council spokesperson refusing to comment on the Axios report.
Less time to read?
Try Quickreads
-
Putin, Macron call for IAEA inspection of Ukraine nuclear plant
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron called for independent inspections at the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the Kremlin said Friday. According to the Kremlin, both leaders called for experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect the plant "as soon as possible" and "assess the real situation on the ground". Both Kyiv and Moscow have this week accused each other of preparing "provocations" at the facility.
-
PM Sheikh Hasina to Hindu community in Bangladesh: You and I have same rights
According to a report in the Dhaka Tribune newspaper, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, “We want people of all faiths to live with equal rights. You are people of this country, you have equal rights here, you have the same rights as I have.” “You would always think that you are the citizens of this country and you will enjoy equal rights,” the premier said.
-
'Indescribable' pressure: Taiwan thanks Navy amid China tensions
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has visited sailors in the island's navy to thank them for their efforts amid days of war games and military drills by China, calling the pressure they had faced "indescribable". China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has been staging such exercises this month to show its anger at the visit to Taipei of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
-
‘Cannot justify what happened’: Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan on attack on Salman Rushdie
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Friday said that the attack on British author Salman Rushdie was “unjustifiable”. In 2012, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief had refused to attend a media conclave in New Delhi after learning about Rushdie's participation. He had reportedly said that he could not “think of participating in an event that included Rushdie - who had caused immeasurable hurt to Muslims across the globe.”
-
UK PM candidate Sunak: Russia's Putin should be barred from G20
Rishi Sunak, one of the two candidates vying to replace Boris Johnson as British prime minister, has called on the G20 to bar Russian President Vladimir Putin from its meetings until Moscow halts the war in Ukraine, his spokesman said on Friday. Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will attend the G20 summit on the resort island of Bali this November, a longtime adviser to the Indonesian president said earlier.
_1660927062311_1660927067539_1660927067539.jpg "Putin, Macron call for IAEA inspection of Ukraine nuclear plant")
