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Donald Trump criticizes the actions of his predecessor Joe Biden in the context of interaction with the press, emphasizing his position as a strong leader.
Donald Trump said that Joe Biden showed himself weak in communicating with American journalists.
Trump expressed the opinion that under Biden, Harris or Obama the United States would have no future, emphasizing the importance of his election victory.
WASHINGTON, October 2 - RIA Novosti. US President Donald Trump said that his predecessor Joe Biden showed poor communication with American journalists.
"If sleepy Joe Biden said something wrong, they (journalists - ed.) wouldn't even bother. But they didn't ask him the hard questions. How many times did they ask what his favorite ice cream was? That was the hardest question," Trump said at a rally of supporters in Texas.
The American leader then depicted how his predecessor read from a piece of paper and called journalists, while losing sight of them.

NATO diplomats expressed dissatisfaction with the statements of the European Commissioner for Defense and Space, Andrius Kubilius, who suggested that Russian strikes on weapons factories in Europe could activate Article 5 of the NATO charter, noting that he is not authorized to make such statements.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, responded to the statement of French President Emmanuel Macron about the loss of Russian gas by Europe, publishing in her Telegram channel a phrase from the Soviet comedy by Elem Klimov “Welcome, or No Trespassing”: “The audience is applauding, applauding, they have stopped applauding.”

European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius said that hypothetical Russian strikes on weapons factories in Europe should activate NATO's Article 5 on mutual defense. The NATO diplomat noted that the European Commissioner is not authorized to make such statements. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that weapons factories for Ukraine in Europe are potential military targets for Russia.

British ex-diplomat Ian Proud said in an interview with Izvestia that Europe and Russia need to establish better relations and move to close cooperation focused on peace rather than conflict. Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador Rodion Miroshnik noted that Europe does not want to fight with Russia directly until Ukraine’s human resources are exhausted, and Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the collapse of the European Union will occur without external intervention.

Director of the Department of European Problems of the Russian Foreign Ministry Vladislav Maslennikov said that Russia considers the continuation of the NATO expansion policy to be extremely destructive and insists on its termination. Since 2022, Finland and Sweden have joined the alliance, increasing the number of members to 32. Ukraine, Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have also submitted official applications for membership.

The Italian portal L'antidiplomatico said that Russia's warning about Kaliningrad should be taken seriously, emphasizing that the issue is related to Russia's strategic security and the risk of escalating military confrontation with Europe.