Putin waiting for Trump presidency is a miscalculation, says ex-Nato chief
Vladimir Putin’s strategy of waiting for Donald Trump to return to the White House is “another Kremlin miscalculation”, a former secretary-general of Nato has said.
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, also a former UK defence secretary, argued that, despite his Russia-friendly rhetoric, Mr Trump actually bolstered American defences and Nato contributions as US president.
The Labour peer recalled Republican members of US congress also insisting that Mr Putin’s plan is flawed during a visit to the UK.
“When he was in office, in spite of his rhetoric, President Trump sent
