Donald Trump needs to emulate Vladimir Putin and “govern his own country in a similar fashion”, his former nationwide safety adviser has stated.
She stated the 2 leaders “have shockingly similar world views”.
Ukraine conflict newest: Trump hits out at Zelenskyy
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Pic: Reuters
“This is the first time we’ve had a US president who wants to emulate the Russian leader in some way, who wants to create a hyper-personalised presidency, who wants to basically govern his own country in a very similar fashion, very top down without any checks and balances,” she stated.
Ms Hill added Mr Trump needs to “regularise, normalise and reset” the connection between the US and Russia.
“That’s very clear, it’s been clear since the first presidency of Trump,” she stated.
“He’s always wanted to sit down with Vladimir Putin and sort out all of the difficulties in the bilateral relationship, everything from nuclear issues and nuclear arms reduction – there’s all kinds of economic and business deals that Trump himself and his immediate circle are very interested in.
“That was not the path of journey of different US presidents. So in precise truth there’s most likely extra probability below Trump of an in depth relationship between the US and Putin.”
Ms Hill stated Mr Trump has an curiosity in forging a “personal relationship” past what he already has with Mr Putin.
“He wants to extricate the United States from its support for Ukraine, he’s said that very clearly,” she stated.
“He also wants to pull back from the underpinning of European security and get the Europeans to pick up not just support for Ukraine, but also much more involvement and much more in-depth payment for all of their own security, that’s also very clear.
“So there’s a strategic perspective there and I believe a part of the US technique and the Trump administration technique is to push the Europeans to go off basically on their owns when it comes to framing what they need in European safety and making it very clear to the Ukrainians that they cannot anticipate far more future help from the US.”
It comes as Mr Trump claimed a deal to finish Russia’s conflict in Ukraine is “very close”.
Hours after US secretary of state Marco Rubio withdrew from high-level talks in London aimed toward ending the battle, the American president heaped stress on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “get it done”.
