Dimitri Simes in Russia: "Teledefense" of Trump and Moscow's "cadres" - EU Today
Dimitri Simes in Russia: "Teledefense" of Trump and Moscow's "cadres"
In particular, Simes began praising Trump for isolationism in the US foreign policy, as opposed to Obama, who, he said, "imagined himself to be the master of the world" and "tried to isolate Russia." At the same time, Simes does not hide the fact that he prefers Trump only because he is better for Russia than the previous US president. In particular, when Nikonov cited a quote from the Washington Post criticizing Trump, Dimitri Simes immediately burst into tirade that this publication is not only the "mouthpiece of anti-Trump forces" but also called
Vladimir Putin a murderer, a war criminal, a poisoner and a tyrant, and therefore their opinion does not count. After that, I think, we can dispense with the last doubts about whose "national interests" Simes defends.
Karen Shakhnazarov echoed the American guest and quite frankly stated how exactly Trump so pleased Moscow.
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As soon as Trump came to power, I predicted that he would do what happened to us after the perestroika – he would annul the US as a global empire... The empire had to settle conflicts, sometimes to the detriment of its own and its allies' interests, but Trump abolished America as a global empire and declared it a national state. This is a revolution in the international politics," he said. As a positive moment, Shakhnazarov noted the destruction of international institutions by Trump.
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International institutions paved the way for America as a global empire. Now they are not needed," the producer proclaimed, adding: "
Trump is in a sense similar to Yeltsin when he abolished the Soviet empire. Yeltsin was also in conflict with the imperial Soviet elite, who saw him as their gravedigger."