INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian officials have implicated United States President Donald Trump of exaggerating Americas role in World War II, with senior figures
dismissing his remarks as historically incorrect and self-aggrandizing
Trump wrote on Truth Social recently that the United States contributed the most to the Allied victory, downplaying the functions of
European nations that suffered greater casualties.Many of our allies and pals are celebratingMay 8thas Victory Day, but we did more than any
other Country, without a doubt, in producing a victorious result on World War II, he said, stating May 8 as WWII Victory Day and relabeling
11 as WWI Victory Day.We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military luster, however we never ever
celebrate anything, Trump included
We are going to begin celebrating our victories again!The remarks drew criticism in Russia, which celebrates the Soviet Unions defeat of
President Vladimir Putin has typically implicated the West of trying to revise the history of the war.Russian Security Council Deputy
Chairman Dmitry Medvedev was among the first to respond to Trumps claims, calling them pretentious nonsense and keeping in mind that the
Soviet Union lost 27 million individuals in the war
Triumph Day is ours, and it is May 9, he wrote on social media.Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova echoed Medvedevs criticism on
Wednesday, telling the state-run Sputnik news outlet that Trumps rhetoric reflected his hallmark exaggeration.Its clear that he has
constantly overstated whatever, as a person, a political leader and a businessman, she said
And hes developed a fortune and a political profession on overstated emotion.In a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on
Tuesday, Putin stated Russia and Israel were dedicated to safeguarding the reality about the events of World War II, according to a Kremlin
readout.Putin has long utilized WWII history to promote patriotic unity in Russia, casting the contemporary Russian military as beneficiary
to the Soviet Red Army and justifying the ongoing war against Ukraine as a fight versus Nazism.
