Russia’s chilling WW3 warning as mouthpiece says ‘Europe would bow at our toes’
A Russian nationalist politician has issued a chilling warning to Europe as it scrambles to mount a response to the US president’s latest threats amid mounting fears of World War 3
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A Russian nationalist politician has issued a stark warning to Europe amidst the scramble to respond to the latest threats from the US president. Aleksey Zhuravlyov, 63, suggested that leaders with ambitions akin to Donald Trump’s have “more often than not led the planet to disaster.”
He added that if Europe and the US were to clash, “Europe would come running to us [ Russia ], bowing at our feet, begging for protection”. This follows Trump’s reiteration on Wednesday that the US “needs Greenland for the purpose of national security”.
On the same day, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen reaffirmed that “Greenland belongs to its people” and confirmed she had been in touch with Denmark regarding the matter.
In a post on Telegram, Zhuravlyov stated: “I think anyone who observes Trump’s activities should understand that everything he says is far from empty threats. He’s made it perfectly clear that he intends to deal with Venezuela, and he’s doing so before the astonished eyes of the entire world.
“He’s announced territorial claims to Greenland, and the Pentagon is already beginning to prepare a special operation to invade the island. And this isn’t even about the Monroe Doctrine or the US’s desire to dominate the Western Hemisphere, as it once was.
He added: “Trump is absolutely certain that he’s the king of the universe, and that anything goes. This is the main problem facing all of humanity right now; leaders with such egos and exorbitant ambitions have more often than not led the planet to disaster.
“I wouldn’t be at all surprised if, were a confrontation with the United States to occur, Europe would come running to us, bowing at our feet, begging for protection.”
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