Nuclear war with Russia is LESS likely under Donald Trump ‘because Hillary Clinton was more likely to use Nato to threaten Russia’
Clinton was more likely to pull Ukraine into Nato 'putting Russia on edge', a former CIA analyst and intelligence chief says
A NUCLEAR war is LESS likely under Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton because the Democrat would use Nato to threaten Russia in eastern Europe, a former intelligence chief says.
In recent months Trump has shown an unwillingness to become embroiled in the Ukraine conflict and even suggested sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of the annexation of the Crimea and Donbass regions could be lifted.
Mathew Burrows, a former CIA analyst and National Intelligence Council boss, said this shows Trump views Vladimir Putin’s aggression in the region as less of a “matter of principle” than his Democratic former opponent.
Dr Burrows told The Sun Online that nuclear war could be triggered by Nato attempts to incorporate Ukraine, noting Putin’s Russian military doctrine called for the use of “tactical” nuclear weapons if it was threatened.
He explained: “This is (Putin’s) big legacy – that he got Crimea back from Ukraine and got it away from Nato. If Russia were to have to back down on this and see Ukraine become part of Nato then I think he is willing to use force to make sure this doesn’t happen.
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