Trump: We Should Shoot Down Russian Planes if Diplomacy Fails

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TRUMP SAYS U.S. SHOULD SHOOT RUSSIAN PLANES IF DIPLOMACY FAILS
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has vowed to shoot down Russian jets approaching U.S. military assets should the Kremlin reject calls to stop.

Trump, who declared himself the “presumptive nominee” of the Republican party after another round of sweeping primary victories last week, was speaking to BuzzFeed radio show K File on Sunday, ahead of campaigning in Indiana.

He was asked about the recent swathe of incidents involving Russian military aircraft zooming at high speeds past U.S. navy vessels in European waters. The latest incident occurred when a Russian Su-27 plane did a barrel roll over a U.S. ship in the Baltic Sea last week.

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“It just shows how low we’ve gone where they can toy with us like that,” Trump said, describing such scenarios as “terrible.” He insisted that the problem is Russia’s lack of respect for U.S. President Barack Obama.

“Normally, an Obama—let’s say a president, because you want to make at least a call or two—but normally Obama would call up Putin and say, ‘Listen, do us a favor, don’t do that, get that maniac, just stop it.’ But we don’t have that kind of a president. He’s gonna be out playing golf or something,” Trump said. “But I don’t know, at a certain point, you can’t take it.”

While U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has condemned previous incidents and said the U.S. command would be within its rights to shoot down Russian aircraft, the White House has not directly threatened to open fire. According to Trump, the U.S. should draw a line in the sand and, if it’s crossed, should shoot down Russian aircraft.

“I mean, at a certain point, you have to do something … you just can’t take that,” Trump said. “But it should certainly start with diplomacy and it should start quickly with a phone call to Putin, wouldn’t you think?”

After the first two incidents in April, a White House spokesman said that “communication had occurred” between the U.S. and Russia. The two leaders spoke on the phone a week after the last incident, but there was no mention of the encounter on either administration’s notes from the conversation.

According to Trump, if Russia rejects calls to stop the approaches, the U.S. should open fire.

“And if that doesn’t work out, I don’t know, you know, at a certain point, when that sucker comes by you, you gotta shoot,” Trump said. “And it’s a shame. It’s a shame. It’s a total lack of respect for our country and it’s a total lack of respect for Obama. Which [sic] as you know, they don’t respect.”

Trump backs shooting down Russian jets if diplomacy won't stop their approaches

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

this guy again

 

[88m3]

what?

 

[CHL]

Split personality disorder?

I can't even tell if this is satire

 

[JahFocus CS]

It worked for Turkey

 

[88m3]

Split personality disorder?

I can't even tell if this is satire

old article /

 

[plushcarpet]

Isn't that the only conclusion in that situation?

If they keep doing it and don't stop when we ask, what is the other solution?

 

[Son of Darkness]

Isn't that the only conclusion in that situation?

If they keep doing it and don't stop when we ask, what is the other solution?

shoot down Russian planes in international territory? That would be suicide even for a country like the US.

This is all politician talk.

 

[Tate]

old article /

They flipped him very recently

 

[hashmander]

wait ... what? if either country intentionally shoots down the other's plane then they must have some secret star wars shield to protect their respective countries.

 

[Deutsche Bank]

Isn't that the only conclusion in that situation?

If they keep doing it and don't stop when we ask, what is the other solution?

Isn't that the only conclusion in that situation?

If they keep doing it and don't stop when we ask, what is the other solution?

Isn't that the only conclusion in that situation?

If they keep doing it and don't stop when we ask, what is the other solution?

Let the church say Amen.

 

[ⒶⓁⒾⒶⓈ]

Isn't that the only conclusion in that situation?

If they keep doing it and don't stop when we ask, what is the other solution?

Do it the liberal way.....Create a russian jet free "safe space" in the middle of the ocean and park there

 

[ill]

I'm confused. The Coli implied that our F16's would protect Russian planes as they take over American skies?

This must be controlled opposition to make it look like he's not Putin's puppet.

 

[Tate]

I'm confused. The Coli implied that our F16's would protect Russian planes as they take over American skies?

This must be controlled opposition to make it look like he's not Putin's puppet.

Trump is playing chess out here while Putin is uh, also playing chess and they're on the same side but against eachother too