Difference between revisions of "Russia Overview"
From RAGEPATH Wiki
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
{{Quotation|This morning, Trump has a new idea. He wants to talk about the threat of nuclear war. He wants to talk about how the United States should negotiate with the Soviets. He wants to be the negotiator. He says he has never acted on his nuclear concern. But he says that his good friend Roy Cohn, the flamboyant Republican lawyer, has told him this interview is a perfect time to start. [...] He could learn about missiles, quickly, he says. "It would take an hour-and-a-half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles ... I think I know most of it anyway. You're talking about just getting updated on a situation ... You know who really wants me to do this? Roy ... I'd do it in a second." (''Washington Post'', November 15, 1984)}} | {{Quotation|This morning, Trump has a new idea. He wants to talk about the threat of nuclear war. He wants to talk about how the United States should negotiate with the Soviets. He wants to be the negotiator. He says he has never acted on his nuclear concern. But he says that his good friend Roy Cohn, the flamboyant Republican lawyer, has told him this interview is a perfect time to start. [...] He could learn about missiles, quickly, he says. "It would take an hour-and-a-half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles ... I think I know most of it anyway. You're talking about just getting updated on a situation ... You know who really wants me to do this? Roy ... I'd do it in a second." (''Washington Post'', November 15, 1984)}} | ||
| − | == Trump Denounced Boris Yeltsin == | + | == 1987: Trump Called for Linking Alliances to Cash == |
| + | |||
| + | {{Quotation|Donald Trump recently published an impassioned full-page newspaper ad that reported that our friends around the world were "laughing" at us and that the time had come for them to "pay for the protection we extend as allies." (''Washington Post'', Editorial, October 8, 1987)}} | ||
| + | |||
| + | == 1999: Trump Denounced Boris Yeltsin == | ||
Trump was sharply critical of Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first post-communist president. | Trump was sharply critical of Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first post-communist president. | ||
Revision as of 16:17, 28 March 2017
Contents
1985: Trump Volunteers to Negotiate Arms Treaty with USSR
Trump Wanted to Negotiate Nuclear Alliance with USSR
“ Trump has said he would like to be the U.S. negotiator in arms talks with the Soviets. "Some people have an ability to negotiate," he says. "It's an art you're basically born with. Either you have it or you don't.
"I feel for the first time in many years we're in a position to negotiate a really good treaty. I've been involved in studying the issue for years. I feel very knowledgable about the issues." And the issue, he says, is not so much the United States vs. the Soviet Union as it is both superpowers against a Third World country which gains nuclear capability. "I've never actually recommended myself as a negotiator," Trump says, "but I think what we need is someone who really knows the issues and knows how to negotiate." (Associated Press, February 24, 1985) ”Credited Roy Cohn for Idea
|
