Kremlin blasts Pompeos squandering remark, says US military budget enough to support all Africa
Mike Pompeo is in no position to claim that sending two strategic bombers to Venezuela was a “squand..
Mike Pompeo is in no position to claim that sending two strategic bombers to Venezuela was a “squandering” of public funds, Moscow countered, saying half of the US military budget is enough “to support all of Africa.”
The US Secretary of State produced a lengthy tirade on Twitter on Tuesday, claiming the arrival of two Russian Tu-160 bombers was an example of “two corrupt governments squandering public funds, and squelching liberty and freedom while their people suffer.” Later in the day, the remark was met with a sharp rebuke from the Kremlin.
“This is indeed very undiplomatic,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, adding, “we think it was an utterly inappropriate comment.” US President Donald Trump might “give his own assessment” of Pompeos statement as he did in the past, he said.
“As far as the squandering is concerned, we dont agree with that,” Peskov stated, noting that half of the bulky US military budget “would be enough to support all of Africa.”
