Presidential aide Yury Ushakov has said he hoped the US president was joking when he suggested the three nations were plotting against Washington<\/p>\n
Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on Wednesday he hoped US President Donald Trump was joking when he suggested the leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea were \u201cconspiring\u201d against Washington.
\nTrump posted the claim on Truth Social during a military parade in Beijing marking the World War II victory over Japan. Russian President Vladimir Putin was in attendance alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong-un.\u00a0
\nIn his post, Trump said many Americans had died in China\u2019s \u201cquest for Victory and Glory\u201d and should be honored. He congratulated Xi, before adding: \u201cPlease give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against the United States.\u201d
\nIn an interview with Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin, Ushakov said he hoped Trump had made the comments in jest. \u201cNobody is plotting any conspiracies here. I can assure you everyone knows the role the United States, the Trump administration, and the president personally play in current international affairs,\u201d Ushakov said.<\/p>\n
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also sought to play down the remarks, saying he hoped Trump was speaking figuratively about a \u201cplot against the United States.\u201d\u00a0\u201cNobody is hatching such plots,\u201d he said.
\nEarlier, Putin told Kim that Moscow and Pyongyang\u2019s ties have in recent years taken on a special allied character. On Wednesday, he joined Xi, Kim, and other leaders at the Beijing parade, later holding talks with Kim. The events followed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, where Putin met Xi and the leaders of India, Mongolia, Slovakia, Pakistan, Serbia, Uzbekistan, and Belarus to discuss energy, trade, regional issues and bilateral ties.
\nTrump did not attend the Beijing celebrations, described as the largest in decades. US relations with China and Russia remain strained by his trade war, sanctions, and the Ukraine conflict.
\nTrump met Putin in Alaska last month in a push to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine. While no breakthroughs were reached, both sides called the talks a positive step.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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