‘Everybody hates Russia but loves Germany and Japan’: Donald Trump reflects on World War II in talks with Macron and Putin; calls it ‘a strange world’

US President Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump took a reflective flip on Thursday, steering a dialog again in time to the times of World War II. In remarks that blended historical past with shock, Trump recounted latest conversations with French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin—each of which circled again to one in all historical past’s biggest conflicts.“Macron is a good man,” Trump started, earlier than describing how the French chief instructed him, “We are celebrating World War II and our victory.” Trump stated he responded with a smirk: “Your victory?”—a comment that appeared to minimize France’s position in the Allied win, regardless of being one of many key members of the coalition.He then shifted to Russia. Recalling a dialog with Putin, Trump stated the Russian president emphasised the Soviet Union’s immense sacrifice in the warfare. “Russia fought with us in WWII and everybody hates them,” Trump quoted Putin as saying, mentioning that the USSR misplaced round 51 million individuals through the battle. “And Germany and Japan, they’re fine — someday somebody will explain that,” Trump continued. “But I like Germany and Japan too. Everybody hates Russia and they love Germany and Japan… It’s a strange world.”Trump went on to precise confusion and disappointment over what he sees as America’s lack of commemoration for its position in the warfare. “We won World War II and World War I, right? We won them. And yet, we are the only country that doesn’t celebrate. Everybody’s celebrating and we should celebrate too,” he stated.During World War II, the United States was a significant pressure inside the Allied powers, which included the UK, the Soviet Union (successor – modern-day Russia), and France. Together, they defeated the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan.