Trump says Russia ’emboldened’ on Ukraine after ‘incompetent’ US Afghanistan withdrawal

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had been “emboldened” to invade Ukraine after witnessing the “incompetent” US withdrawal from Afghanistan last year – as he said that the US would not be in this position if he was still in the White House.

“First of all, it’s shocking because it should have never happened, it would not have happened” Trump said on “Fox & Friends

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Trump was reacting to the growing tensions on the Ukraine-Russia border amid fears of an imminent Russian invasion. Earlier Saturday the State Department ordered non-emergency personnel at the Embassy in Kyiv to evacuate, hours after White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan urged Americans to get out of the country.

“As we’ve said before, we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time, Vladimir Putin should decide to order it,” Sullivan said at a White House news briefing.