{"id":346,"date":"2026-03-27T16:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directpolicycenter.org\/?p=346"},"modified":"2026-03-30T05:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:39:14","slug":"rosenberg-russia-brushes-off-trumps-claim-of-paper-tiger-in-aimless-war-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mahmoodsaif.org\/DEV\/rosenberg-russia-brushes-off-trumps-claim-of-paper-tiger-in-aimless-war-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosenberg: Russia brushes off Trump’s claim of ‘paper tiger’ in aimless war"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On paper, there was plenty in Donald Trump’s comments to rile the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

For starters, his description of Russia as a “paper tiger” that had been “fighting aimlessly” in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Moscow won’t like that.<\/p>\n

I remember when President Barack Obama described Russia as a “regional power”, as opposed to a global one: that was taken as a big insult here.<\/p>\n

President Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine could win back all the territory Russia had seized will have raised eyebrows, too, in Moscow.<\/p>\n

And Russian eyebrows will have shot up even higher after Trump’s reply to a reporter’s question.<\/p>\n

“Do you think that Nato countries should shoot down Russian aircraft if they enter their air space?” the reporter asked.<\/p>\n

“Yes, I do,” replied Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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