“I think if you look at the result and if you look at what happened in this election, if you’re not a very stupid person, then you can see what happened,” Trump said on Wednesday evening (local time). According to the Republican, the presidential election that put Democrat Joe Biden in office was rigged. CNN presenter Kaitlan Collins contradicted Trump. “It wasn’t a rigged election. It wasn’t a stolen election,” she said. Trump stuck to his repeatedly refuted the claim and accused Collins of pursuing a political agenda.
Citizens who are close to the Republicans or do not feel affiliated with either party are allowed to ask questions on the show, which is moderated by Collins. Trump is running for the Republican nomination for the presidency in the 2024 elections – for that he has to pass his party’s primaries. It is unusual for Trump to appear on CNN, because the broadcaster is considered to be rather liberal and is repeatedly attacked by the 76-year-old.
Trump: Pence made mistakes on January 6th
More than two years after the storming of the US Capitol, Trump does not want to apologize to Vice President Mike Pence, who he pilloried at the time. “He’s a very nice man. He made a mistake,” Trump said on Wednesday evening (local time) on a CNN television show. When asked by moderator Kaitlan Collins if he owed Pence an apology, Trump said, “No, because he did something wrong.”
Trump supporters stormed the seat of parliament in Washington on January 6, 2021. Congress met there to formally confirm the election victory of Trump’s democratic challenger Joe Biden. The violent crowd wanted to prevent that. At the time, Pence chaired the congress session in his role as Vice President – from a legal point of view a purely ceremonial task, but Trump had previously publicly called on his Vice President to block the procedure. He also explicitly incited his supporters against Pence.
Trump: He could end Ukraine war in 24 hours
Asked if he would continue to give money and arms to Ukraine if he wins the 2024 presidential election, the Republican said, “I want Europe to give more money because they’re laughing at us. They think we’re a bunch of idiots.”
Trump claimed that the US government is giving away so much equipment that there is no ammunition left for its own troops. During his time in the White House, he had already accused Germany and other NATO countries of spending too little money on their own armed forces and hiding behind the protective shield of the well-armed US military. He reiterated his claim that he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine, which has been going on for more than 14 months, in 24 hours. Both parties to the conflict have strengths and weaknesses, he said. Asked by moderator Kaitlan Collins whether Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal, Trump said, “If you say he’s a war criminal, it’s going to be a lot harder to strike a deal.”
