{"id":354636,"date":"2018-03-31T05:04:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T04:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/i-will-win-an-arms-race\/"},"modified":"2018-03-31T05:04:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T04:04:06","slug":"i-will-win-an-arms-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/i-will-win-an-arms-race\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Will Win an Arms Race\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sputnik<\/strong><\/a>
March 30, 2018<\/p>\n

During a recent meeting with the presidential candidates who conceded in this year\u2019s election, Russian President Vladimir Putin specifically underscored that Moscow will not join a new arms race but will pay necessary attention to strengthening Russia\u2019s defense capability.<\/strong><\/p>\n

NBC News has cited<\/a> White House sources as\u00a0saying that during\u00a0last week\u2019s telephone talk with\u00a0his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that US President Donald Trump pledged to\u00a0prevail over\u00a0Moscow if there\u2019s an arms race.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to\u00a0have an arms race we can do that, but\u00a0I\u2019ll win,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

Separately, NBC reported<\/a> that Trump\u2019s national security advisers unsuccessfully tried to \u201cmotivate\u201d Trump on\u00a0Russia and persuade him that he should \u201cbe tougher\u201d on\u00a0Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe digs in\u00a0his heels. He thinks a better relationship with\u00a0Russia is good for\u00a0the U.S., and he really believes he can deliver it,\u201d one of\u00a0the officials said.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s remarks came as\u00a0the US President phoned Putin to\u00a0congratulate him following\u00a0his victory in\u00a0the March 18 presidential elections in\u00a0Russia.<\/p>\n

During the telephone conversation<\/a>, the two specifically underscored the importance of\u00a0making coordinated efforts to\u00a0limit an arms race.<\/p>\n