Hegseth and Waltz refused to call Russia aggressor in interview
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz refused to call Russia an aggressor in an interview.
Bloomberg reports this, Censor.NET informs.
They portrayed this issue as distracting from Trump's diplomacy.
"My question is, does all the finger-pointing and pearl-clutching make peace more likely?" Hegseth said.
Asked whether it’s fair to say that Russia attacked Ukraine without provocation in 2022, he said, "Fair to say it’s a very complicated situation."
However, he acknowledged there was "an invasion into Ukraine" without naming Russia.
Waltz demurred when asked to acknowledge Russia as the aggressor against Ukraine and instead launched into comparison of Trump and Biden.
He called Trump "the dealmaker-in-chief."
"He’s the commander-in-chief. And it’s only because of his strength that we’re even in this position," Trump's advisor added.
