Dmitry Peskov was surprised by such statements from the US President – he says that he allegedly had not heard about the bombing of Moscow.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he did not know whether US President Donald Trump really said he could bomb Moscow if Russia went to war against Ukraine.
According to him, he does not know how true this information is, but noted that the US President makes quite harsh statements.
“Is it true that Trump said this to Putin? It's hard to say. There were no telephone conversations then. We are talking about the period when Trump was not the US president,” Peskov responded.
Earlier, CNN reported that Donald Trump told partners that he once tried to stop Russian leader Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine by threatening to bomb Moscow in response to this aggression.
“I told Putin: if you go into Ukraine, I will bomb the hell out of Moscow. I have no choice. And he was like: I don't believe you. But he believed me 10%,” the American president said.
Trump later added that he had given a similar warning to Chinese leader Xi Jinping about a possible attack on Taiwan, saying that Washington would bomb Beijing in response.
“He thought I was crazy,” Donald Trump says of Xi. “But we never had a problem.”
The statements came as Trump was trying to persuade the crowd to support him for a second term. The audio was recorded at fundraisers in New York and Florida in 2024. The file was obtained by journalists Josh Doha, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf, who included excerpts in their new book, “2024.” The recordings have not previously been made public. Trump’s campaign declined to comment on their contents.
