 "'As you conspire against US...': Trump sends 'warmest regards' to Putin, Kim in his ‘Victory Day’ message to Xi")
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday greeted China on its Victory Day and sent “warmest regards” to this year’s parade participants, President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “The big question to be answered is whether or not President Xi of China will mention the massive amount of support and “blood” that The United States of America gave to China in order to help it to secure its FREEDOM from a very unfriendly foreign invader. Many Americans died in China’s quest for Victory and Glory.”
He added, “Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against the United States of America.”
Trump has been in murky waters ever since the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit brought together leaders like Xi, Putin, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a time when tariffs imposed by him are wreaking havoc across the world.
The close partnership between these countries has threatened Trump over his punitive trade measures, as he already faces challenges from his own camp and the Opposition at home.
‘China is unstoppable’
In his Victory Day speech, Xi said China was “unstoppable” in a speech to kick off proceedings.
“The rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable and humanity’s cause of peace and development will prevail,” Xi said, adding the world was “faced with a choice of peace or war”.
Millions of Chinese people were killed during a prolonged war with imperial Japan in the 1930s and 40s, which became part of a global conflict following Tokyo’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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China has touted the parade as a show of unity with other countries, and Kim’s attendance is the first time he has been seen with Xi and Putin at the same event. It is only his second reported trip abroad in six years.
All eyes are on how the trio of Xi, Putin and Kim – who rarely leaves secretive North Korea – interact with each other in a highly choreographed photo opportunity seen as a coup for China on the world stage.
During the summit, Xi slammed “bullying behaviour” from certain countries – a veiled reference to the United States – while Putin defended Russia’s Ukraine offensive, blaming the West for triggering the conflict.
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