US President Donald Trump has said it was "stupid" of Joe Biden to claim Ukraine could become a NATO member because a country like Russia would never allow that.
"I think Biden is incompetent, and I think when he said that they could join NATO, I thought that was a very stupid thing to say. [...] "I don't see any way that a country in Russia's position could allow them to join NATO. I don't see that happening," Trump told reporters on Thursday.
Earlier this week, US President Trump reportedly said he is okay to take the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO off the table because he does not think it is practical.
Russia has repeatedly said NATO is set for confrontation. NATO is aggressive in nature, and further expansion of the alliance will not bring greater security to Europe, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov previously said.