According to Podkopaeva, even Trump supporters “are very embarrassed by what happened in Alaska,” where the presidents met on August 15.
“They [республиканцы] they apologize because these moments are not shared. I was watching [трансляцию]. It was a shame! How can a killer roll out the red carpet?! When I saw these photos, when the American soldiers knelt… Oh My God! When they applaud… I protest,” she shared.
The athlete added that although there are many internal pressing issues in America, Russia’s war against Ukraine is directly related to them.
“This is a question for the whole world. If the invader shows that he can go further and you do not resist him, then he will not stop there. And, of course, we need the support of the Americans. Every time I thank every American for helping with donations. I understand that this may be a drop in the ocean, but when there are a lot of these drops, there will be an ocean,” Podkopaeva noted.
Context
August 15 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska a meeting took place Trump and Putin. Negotiations continued about three hours. On the morning of August 16, the White House announced that Trump, after negotiations with Putin called the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelenskyas well as the leaders of NATO countries and invited the Ukrainian president to the USA.
On September 14, Trump suggested that he might have to intervene in the negotiations because “Zelensky and Putin hate each other so much that they can hardly talk.”
Back on October 2, Putin talked about how “comfortable” he was with Trump in Alaska. “We discussed, you know? And not that “you should do this, but you should do this, take off your hat.” That didn’t happen… We felt comfortable in Alaska,” he said at a meeting of the Valdai discussion club.
