Statement from Donald Trump about Russia

US President Trump answered questions from members of the press about the agenda after the press conference he held at the White House.

Asked whether the suspicion of the epidemic in Russia is "a biological weapon", Trump said: "We do not think so. We will find out soon, but we do not think so." he replied.

Recalling that the Russians declared that the situation was under control, Trump said, "We hope that this is a very advanced, very intelligent system and they say that the situation is completely under control. So we hope it is not." made his assessment.

Asked whether he had a similar feeling at the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic, Trump stated that neither China nor Russia made much public statement during these processes and stated that "everything was under control."

Regarding the question of when he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the suspected epidemic, Trump said, "We will have an arranged phone call today. Today is Putin's birthday." he said.

In Russia, the Governor of the Irkutsk Region, Igor Kobzev, announced that an extraordinary sanitary and anti-epidemic commission meeting was held on October 2, upon information that there was a "suspicion of a particularly dangerous infection" in a person living in the region.

On some social media channels, it was claimed that an employee of the anti-plague institute died due to "pulmonary plague" on the same day.

In the statement made by Rospotrebnadzor, it was reported that special measures were implemented after an employee of the Siberian and Far Eastern Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute was diagnosed with "pneumonia of unknown cause."

In his statement yesterday, Trump stated that he would have a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin very soon.

MECCA AGREEMENT

A press member said, "Türkiye and Pakistan agreed to send military forces to Saudi Arabia within the scope of the Mecca Alliance." Speaking about his statement, the US President said, "I think they want to help Saudi Arabia, and I think that's great." he said.

MEETS WITH NETANYAHU

US President Donald Trump said that he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the October 2023 events and conveyed his "good wishes" to him.

US President Trump answered questions from members of the press while leaving the White House for his election rally in Texas.

Asked whether he met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding the events of October 2023, Trump said, "I met with Bibi and offered him my good wishes. Likewise, I conveyed my good wishes to the Israeli people. The other side paid a big price for what they did on October 7, believe me." he said.

EVALUATION ON IRAN

While answering questions about Iran, the US President argued that great damage was inflicted on Iran both militarily and politically.

Trump said, "We eliminated them. We eliminated the entire country. They have no army and no navy." He commented that the war with Iran would end soon.

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