Will Trump support Putin's initiatives – Podolyak answered – Politics
According to the adviser to the head of the OPU, it makes no sense for Trump to support the Kremlin dictator.
In his relations with the Kremlin dictator, Trump will act exclusively based on reputational pragmatism. This opinion was expressed by the adviser to the head of the OPU, Mykhailo Podolyak, on the telethon “Edyny Novyny”.
“And within the framework of reputational pragmatism, it makes no sense to support Putin's initiatives, because then you will be “number two”. And Trump cannot play “number two”, let's be frank. And if you support initiatives, well, one way or another, you reformulate, but these will still be Putin's initiatives. This means that you will play the “second number”, – said the adviser.
He emphasized that Trump has always tried and will try to be “number one”.
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