Medvedev Responds to Trump’s Remarks on Moscow
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev responded to remarks former President Donald Trump made during an interview with The Wall Street Journal . Trump said he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against invading Ukraine, and allegedly warned he would strike Moscow:
I said, “Vladimir, if you go after Ukraine, I am going to hit you so hard, you’re not even going to believe it. I’m going to hit you right in the middle of fricking Moscow.” I said, “We’re friends. I don’t want to do it, but I have no choice.”
Medvedev stated on X that Trump got carried away in the interview, and that he has been diplomatic in negotiations:
Trump got carried away. Did he really talk about «hitting fricking Moscow»? Of course not. He’s generally smooth as silk in negotiations. And there’s only one answer to such words: your fricking Washington will get hit too. In general, our relationship with him is quite warm😂
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed reporters’ questions regarding Trump’s remarks by saying that Russia does not disclose private diplomatic conversations:
We continue to prefer maintaining a very responsible stance in terms of not making public the conversations that are held at the highest level. Unfortunately for us, a number of leaders do not adhere to this stance and do not maintain media hygiene regarding this issue. But this is on their own conscience.
