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Vladimir Putin says Trump told him that U.S. military costs were too high and that “ disarmament was in fact advocated ''
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Donald Trump once expressed concerns over the level of US military spending which he said was "too high".
In 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 the military capabilities of Russia.
He told the interviewer, Andrei Vandenko, that Russia did not intend to fight anyone, but rather that its military development was aimed at "creating conditions so that no one please fight against us. "
"Today we are in seventh place when it comes to arms spending. The United States is ahead of us," Donald (Trump) told me, "and adopted. a huge budget for next year, a budget of 738 billion dollars, I think & amp; quot;, said Putin.
Vandenko asked, "Was he bragging?" Putin replied: "No. He said it with regret. He said the costs were too high. But he had to do it. He actually advocated disarmament, as I was told said."
Newsweek contacted the White House for a response to Putin's request.
Putin did not say when Trump would have told him that. Last month, Trump sent Congress a 2021 budget request for $ 740.5 billion, including $ 705.4 billion for the Department of Defense, according to a DOD press release.
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The Russian President went on to describe how his country's military spending is falling, while in other countries it is increasing ", and we are not going to fight anyone, but we are creating such a situation in the sector of defense so that no one dares to think of fighting us. "
He stressed that in the past, Russia "always had to catch up with its strategic weapon competitors", from the moment the United States developed the first atomic bomb, the first missiles and the first strategic aircraft to be delivered these weapons.
In Putin's opinion, the rest of the world was trying to catch up with Russia, because "for the first time, we have created attacking strike systems that the world has never seen".
In January, in the Barents Sea, Russia tested its hypersonic Zircon missile from the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, Naval news reported.
Putin also used the interview to reiterate his call to agree with the United States on an extension of the START treaty to reduce weapons after its expiration in 2021, which the Trump administration has remained silent about. .
Putin insisted that military developments in Russia are necessary to maintain "strategic stability and the balance of power", especially as the United States "developed its anti-missile system." ballistic ".
Later this year, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Navy and Raytheon will test the SM-3 interceptor against an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Naval News reported. Last week, Russian lawmakers accused the United States of making saber noise when they staged a mock exercise simulating a nuclear strike against Russia.
"The Americans wanted to upset this strategic stability and balance, believing that if they created a missile defense umbrella, the other side would not be able to react adequately if it used weapons nuclear. "
However, Russia, in Putin's view, aims to counter this and "maintain this strategic stability and strategic balance", adding: "it is essential not only for us but also for security World ".
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