Trump says Putin will not attack NATO territory, downplays Ratcliffe trip
Trump said Putin will not attack a NATO country and dismissed reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe warned Russian officials of such a move.
- President Donald Trump stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attack a NATO country, dismissing media reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe warned Russian officials against such aggression earlier in the week.
- Trump told Axios that Ratcliffe had not been dispatched to Moscow to deliver warnings, characterizing their interactions as routine. "Ratcliffe sees his Russian counterpart once every six months or once every year," he added.
- Addressing reporters in the Oval Office, Trump reiterated his position regarding alliance security. "He's not going to attack a NATO territory," the president said, downplaying concerns regarding potential Russian aggression against member states.
- European intelligence officials continue to monitor Russian sabotage and gray zone attacks that aim to weaken NATO unity and undermine member states' willingness to support Ukraine against Russian aggression.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte previously met at the Pentagon to coordinate strategy. This cooperation remains central to addressing regional security amid ongoing tensions with Moscow.
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The director of the U.S. intelligence agency CIA has visited Moscow - perhaps to warn Russia of an attack on the Baltic. US President Trump is convinced, according to his own statement, that Putin will not attack a NATO territory.
The New York Times noted this Thursday that the head of the CIA made a secret visit this week to Moscow to share in private “his gloomy assessment” of the state of the Russian war against Ukraine, and “to urge the Russians to reach an agreement before their military and economic situation worsens.”
‘It doesn’t bother me at all’: Trump says he isn’t worried Russia will attack a NATO country and denies his CIA director issued any warning to Putin
U.S. President Donald Trump said he isn’t worried about a possible Russian attack on a NATO country. “I am not concerned … at all. There is no problem,” he told Axios in a phone interview.
Trump says ‘Putin won’t attack NATO’; Kremlin calls reports of possible Russian strike ‘scare stories’
Trump also sought to downplay reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe had travelled to Moscow to warn Russian officials against any potential attack on a NATO country.
The U.S. leader is not concerned about a possible provocation by the Russian Federation against NATO because "Pautain has declared that he is not going to attack."
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