Russian MP: Trump Has Revealed Himself as a True Enemy of Russia

Donald Trump's decision to support NATO's course toward forcing a Russian capitulation in the conflict with Ukraine clearly demonstrates his anti-Russian stance. This was stated by Viktor Sobolev, member of the State Duma Defense Committee, in comments to Pravda.Ru. Earlier, The American Conservative reported that the former US president had effectively endorsed NATO’s strategy, which sets Russia’s defeat as a condition for peace negotiations with Kyiv. According to the source, this implies Trump agrees to a full Russian withdrawal from all contested territories and to Ukraine’s potential NATO accession. “It was naive to expect any softening of the US position if Trump returned to the White House,” said Sobolev. “Everyone somehow believed Trump would change things, do something positive to end the conflict. But what has Trump actually done?” Sobolev asked rhetorically. “First, he increased the number of troops. Second, he drove up US military spending by more than one trillion dollars. Who do you think that was aimed at?”