'Trump Is Pragmatist': Russia Praises US President After Oval Office Spat, Slams Europe For 'Prolonging' War

Russia praised Trump's "common sense" efforts to end the Ukraine war while criticising Europe for fueling the conflict.

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 02 Mar 2025 06:20 PM (IST)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov praised US President Donald Trump after the Oval Office spat.
Source : X

Russia praised US President Donald Trump's "common sense" aim to end the Ukraine war but accused European countries of seeking to prolong the conflict. 

On Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States still wanted to be the world's most powerful country adding that Washington and Moscow would never see eye to eye on everything. He, however, said that they had agreed to be pragmatic when interests coincided, reported Reuters. The remarks also come after Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a White House meeting on Friday. 

"Donald Trump is a pragmatist," Lavrov told the Russian military newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, according to a transcript released by the Foreign Ministry. "His slogan is common sense. It means, as everyone can see, a shift to a different way of doing things."

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"But the goal is still MAGA (Make America Great Again)," Lavrov said, referring to Trump's political slogan. "This gives a lively, human character to politics. That's why it's interesting to work with him."

Lavrov also criticised Europe, accusing it of being a crucible for "all the tragedies of the world" for the past 500 years including colonisation, wars, crusaders, the Crimean War, Napoleon Bonaparte, World War One and Adolf Hitler. 

"And now, after (former U.S. President Joe) Biden's term, people have come in who want to be guided by common sense. They say directly that they want to end all wars, they want peace," Lavrov said.

"And who demands a 'continuation of the banquet' in the form of a war? Europe."

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US Foreign Policy Aligns With Its Own Vision: Kremlin

On Sunday, the Kremlin said that a sudden shift in the foreign policy of the United States "largely aligns" with its own position, reported AFP. 

"The new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. This largely aligns with our vision," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a reporter from state television.

Peskov remarked that there is a long way to go because "a lot of damage has been done to the whole complex of bilateral relations." He went on to say that the path can be quite quick and successful if the political will of the two leaders, Trump and Putin is maintained. 

Published at : 02 Mar 2025 06:20 PM (IST)
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