Trump has linked the collapse of the Soviet Union with the introduction of Soviet troops in Afghanistan
Trump has linked the collapse of the Soviet Union with the introduction of Soviet troops in Afghanistan WASHINGTON, 2 Jan. /TASS/. The US President Donald trump on Wednesday linked the collapse of the Soviet Union with the participation of Soviet troops in the war in Afghanistan. With this statement he made during a meeting of his Cabinet at the White house. The recording of the meeting was broadcast by the American news broadcaster. “Before Russia was the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made him Russia because it [the Soviet Union] went bankrupt because of the fighting in Afghanistan,” — says the President. He stressed that Afghanistan must fight the neighbors of this Central Asian Republic, Pakistan, Russia, and India in particular. In this regard, the head of state questioned the US military presence in Afghanistan, which “is 6 million miles (9 km 656)” from America. 25 December 1979 the Soviet Union sent