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Trump: We need to bring down Russian planes threatening the American
The most probable US presidential candidate from the Republican Party Donald Trump said that Russian military aircraft, if they make dangerous maneuvers near the American, need to be shot down. It is reported by BuzzFeed News with reference to an interview that the politician gave Indiana Radio.
The current president of Barack Obama, continued Trump, should have called Vladimir Putin and say: "Listen, do us a favor - do not do this, take this maniac, just stop it." “And if this does not work,” the politician remarked, “and this goat will come to you - you must shoot.”
“This is an absolute disrespect for our country and the absolute absence of respect for Obama,” commented Trump of Russia's actions. “Which, as you know, they (the Kremlin. - Ed.) Do not respect.”
In recent weeks, the provocations of Moscow against the American navy and aviation have become more frequent. So, on the night of April 13, Russian Su-24 bombers flew twice on a shaving flight over the deck of the American destroyer Donald Cook, which was in the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. The planes were not equipped with weapons, but they performed maneuvers reminiscent of an air attack on the ship.
On April 14, the Russian fighter Su-27 intercepted over the Baltic an American reconnaissance aircraft RC-135, which made a planned flight in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea. Having completed the figure of the "barrel", the fighter flew over the RC-135 from above. The distance to the tip of the wing of the American aircraft did not exceed 15 meters.
The same incident occurred above the Baltic and two weeks later . This time, however, the Russian plane kept a few more distance from the American - 30 meters.
In Washington, the Russian military in connection with these incidents invariably reproached for unprofessionalism and irresponsibility.
Trump, who builds his election campaign to a large extent on criticism of President Obama, repeatedly assured that he would be able to find a common language with Putin.