Russian state TV touts Trump on Crimea: ‘Crimea is ours! Trump is ours!’

The following article by Caroline Orr was posted on the ShareBlue.com website June 16, 2018:

Russian state media is celebrating after Trump told G7 leaders that Crimea belongs to Russia because everyone who lives there speaks Russian.

Credit: J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Russian state TV is celebrating after seeing the recent report that Trump told G7 leaders that Crimea belongs to Russia because the people there speak Russian.

Trump’s statement, which parrots the Kremlin’s talking points on Crimea, was widely interpreted in Russia as an official declaration by the U.S. that Russia was justified when they illegally invaded Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. Continue reading “Russian state TV touts Trump on Crimea: ‘Crimea is ours! Trump is ours!’”