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US President Donald trump praised the rigidity of its policy towards Russia in comparison with its predecessor, Barack Obama. He told about it in radio shows Hugh Hewitt, RIA Novosti reported.

According to trump, he takes a much tougher stance than Obama. In particular, he stressed that forced to pay NATO for 400 billion more to protect against Russia. However, his predecessor in office only reduced assessments on defense, he added.

in addition, the us leader mentioned U.S. opposition to construction of the pipeline “Nord stream-2”. “Before me, nobody even talked about it,” he said. Trump said that he asked about the deal in Germany and was troubled by the fact that the US protects the country from Russia, which she allegedly paid billions of dollars.