She also posted this on X: "Donald Trump has just asked Vladimir Putin to attack our NATO allies in Europe. Just putting aside the complete moral bankruptcy of that - 2 of our NATO allies in Europe are nuclear armed. He’s asking Putin to start WW3 - and he would have the U.S. on the side of Putin."
Correction: Trump said he'd encourage Russia/Putin to do whatever they want, he didn't ask them to attack anyone, but it sounds like he wouldn't stand in anyone's way either. Trump does not want a war with anyone, but if anyone attacked America, then he'd be ready to retaliate if/when warranted. The quote below is from CNBC, giving context to what Trump said:
Speaking at a rally in South Carolina on Saturday, Trump said that, as president, he warned NATO allies that he “would encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to a member country that didn’t meet its defense spending guidelines.
Trump, who has a long history of criticizing the trans-Atlantic military alliance, recounted a time when an unspecified president of a NATO member challenged him on his threat not to defend them from a potential Russian invasion if they failed to meet NATO’s target of spending at least 2% of their gross domestic product on the military.
“You didn’t pay, you’re delinquent. … No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills,” Trump said.


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