Former President Donald Trump lashed out multiple times in the last few hours against the Biden Administration for allowing a fleet of the Russian Navy to patrol waters near the United States, and concluded that Putin does not respect the current American president.
“We don't want to see Russian ships off the coast of Florida, which is where they are right now. That is inconceivable,” the mogul said on Thursday at a press conference after meeting with Republican lawmakers in Washington.
Trump returned to the topic this Friday at an event in the city of West Palm Beach where he celebrated his 78th birthday.
Now we have Russian warships and nuclear submarines surrounding Cuba, 60 miles off the coast of Florida. How does that make you feel? Are you okay with that? And that's just because Biden's weakness is putting us in serious danger," he reiterated.
"Putin does not respect him. No foreign leader respects him," he stated in reference to Biden.
The fleet of the Russian Navy arrived in Havana on June 12 and will remain in the waters of Havana Bay until June 17.
The fleet includes the Pashin fleet tanker, the salvage tug Nikolai Chiker (SB-131), the modern frigate "Admiral Gorshkov," and the nuclear submarine K-561 Kazan.
The day after the arrival, on June 13, the United States Southern Command reported the arrival of the nuclear submarine USS Helena at Guantanamo Bay, in a move they described as a "routine port visit."
The Cuban government admitted this Friday that it was informed in advance of the arrival of the American nuclear submarine in the area of the Guantánamo Naval Base, and specified that they do not like the presence on national territory of a "means of that nature", belonging to a "hostile" power to the island, which has also not been invited.
On Wednesday, the United States government had already deployed several warships and a submarine reconnaissance aircraft to track the course of the Russian flotilla heading to Cuba. The U.S. deployment included two destroyers, the USS Truxtun and the USS Donald Cook; the Coast Guard Cutter Stone; and a Boeing P-8 maritime patrol aircraft.
During Donald Trump's presidency, in June 2019, a flotilla of Russian warships visited Cuba. In that case, the flotilla included the advanced warship "Admiral Gorshkov," accompanied by the nuclear submarine "Kazan" and two other support ships. The visit was part of military exercises in the Caribbean.
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