Russian President Putin Says President Trump Told Him U.S. Military Expendituress Were Too High And 'Actually Advocated Disarmament'

A combination image shows U.S. President Donald Trump at a Keep America Great rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on February 19, 2020 and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Jerusalem on January 23, 2020. Putin has told Russian outlet TASS that Trump had expressed concern about U.S. military expenditure.

Newsweek: Vladimir Putin Says Trump Told Him U.S. Military Costs Were Too High and 'Actually Advocated Disarmament'

Russian president Vladimir Putin has claimed that Donald Trump once expressed concerns to him about the level of U.S. military expenditure which he said was "too high."

As part of a series of filmed interviews with the Kremlin-funded agency Tass to mark the 20th anniversary of his position at the top of Russian politics, Putin was asked about Russia's military capabilities.

He told the interviewer, Andrei Vandenko, that Russia had no intention of fighting against anyone, rather the aim of its military development was "to create conditions so that nobody wants to fight against us."

"Today we rank seventh as far as arms spending goes. The U.S. has outstripped us, Donald [Trump] told me, 'they have adopted a huge budget for the next year, $738 billion budget, I think,'" Putin said.

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WNU Editor: President Trump's views on high military spending are well known. But Russian President Putin has also been saying the same thing for the past few years, and has in fact cut the Russian military budget since 2018 .... Russian Defense Spending Falls By Twenty Percent (May 2, 2018).

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