Reference News, September 26 report - According to Russia Today website on September 25, US President Trump said that he will not refer to Russia as a "paper tiger" in the future. He used this term in a post on the "Truth Social" website on the 23rd.
The report said that Trump also stated on the 23rd that Russia had failed to defeat Ukraine in three and a half years of conflict and was "in serious economic difficulties". He also said that Ukraine has the opportunity to "regain all its territory".
However, on the 25th, when meeting with Turkish President Erdogan at the White House, Trump said that he would "never again call anyone a paper tiger". But it seems that he still held his previous evaluation of the Russian military, stating that despite the large amount of manpower and resources invested, Russia has "hardly captured any land recently".
According to the report, in response to Trump's "paper tiger" remarks, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on the 24th: "Russia is not a tiger; people often associate Russia with a bear. There is no 'paper bear' in the world. Russia is a real bear."
The New York Post reported on the 24th, citing anonymous White House sources, that Trump's recent "insulting remarks" about Russia were a "strategic move" to attract Russia back to the negotiation table. (Translated by Wang Dongdong)
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