U.S. president Donald Trump hosts Russian president Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025, Anchorage, Alaska. © Andrew Harnik / Getty Images
U.S. president Donald Trump stated that he would not give the order to kidnap Russian president Vladimir Putin, rejecting this thought as unnecessary for the question of journalists.
His message came a week after the American commandos captured Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro during a raid on his residence in Caracas.
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelenski responded to the operation with words: "If it can be done with dictators, the United States knows what to do next".
When Trump answered reporters' questions during a gathering with oil directors at the White home on Friday, Peter Doocy of Fox News addressed Zelenski's comments.
“It looks like he wants you to fly and capture Vladimir Putin” — said Doocy, asking Trump: "Would you always order Vladimir Putin to be captured?".
Trump replied: "Well, I don't think that's necessary. I always had a large relation with him.”
He added that he was ‘very disappointed’that his mediation efforts on the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine over the past year have failed.
Moscow condemned Maduro's kidnapping as a gross violation of Venezuela's sovereignty.
Russian envoy to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, described the American raid as “Banditism’, pushing the planet towards ‘chaos and lawlessness’.
Last month, Russia accused Ukraine of sending nearly 100 drones to attack 1 of Putin's authoritative residences in the Novgorod region.
According to Moscow, all unmanned aircraft were shot down before reaching their destination.
Although Kiev denied plans to attack Putin's vacation home, Russian military later handed over to the United States what they thought was the navigation equipment of the shot down Ukrainian drone, containing its flight path.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/630773-trump-on-kidnapping-putin/
