Putin's Remarks on the Election / by Thomas Mortillaro

As we all know, Donald J. Trump was recently elected. His soon to be very close friend in foreign policy President Vladimir Putin of Russia stated that "Americans voting for a president on Nov. 8 must realize that they are voting for peace on Planet Earth if they vote for Trump,but if they vote for Hillary, it’s war. It will be a short movie. There will be Hiroshima's and Nagasaki's everywhere.” This quote is a lot less than many thought it was. Putin meant that if Hillary Clinton was to become president instead of Trump, she would start a nuclear war and it would be the end of the United States.
Vladimir Putin uses a nationalist from his country named Zhirinovsky to be portrayed as the "Trump of Russia" to explain Hillary's views on the election. He believed that Hillary "craves power" and that her actions will lead to a nuclear war. He believes in Trump to be a peacemaker in the U.S. and that he could possibly win a Nobel peace prize one day. Zhirinovski also had a remark that “He (Trump) won’t care about Syria, Libya and Iraq and why on earth should America interfere in these countries?” So overall, Putin and Zhirinovsky both fully support Trump and they hope to restore relations between Russia and the  U.S.
Personally, i believe that both Putin and Zhirinovsky went a little overboard when saying that a nuclear war would have occurred if Hillary Clinton was the president. Their statements didn't have much evidence to support their reasoning on the subject. And receiving a Nobel peace prize shortly after winning the presidential election is not easiest prize to obtain.



Citations

Jennings, Daniel. "Putin Ally: Vote For Trump Or Face Nuclear War — 'There Will Be Hiroshima's and Nagasaki's Everywhere'" Off The Grid News. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2016.