Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate:
"I think I'd getting along very well with Putin. I know many of the people I had a major event there two years ago, in Moscow, as you know. It was a tremendous success." Trump was in New Hampshire for a rally, the first in the Granite State since he made controversial comments at the first Republican debate last week.
On Ukraine specifically, Trump said the following: "Ukraine is a problem, but at some point, don't you think that the
[Links nur für registrierte Nutzer]should be a little bit more involved than they are? We're leading all these fights, and Ukraine is a big problem. Germany is a very rich, powerful country. Germany, economically tremendous power, tremendous, unbelievable, unleashed economic power. Why isn't Germany — do we have to lead every fight? So, Ukraine is a problem, and we should help them, but let Germany and other countries over there that are directly affected — let them work it. We've got enough problems in this country. We have to rebuild our country."