{"id":13147,"date":"2026-09-05T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/13147\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T01:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T01:00:12","slug":"i-know-him-very-well-trump-says-putin-is-not-going-to-attack-nato-territory-meduza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/13147\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I know him very well\u2019: Trump says Putin is not going to attack NATO territory \u2014 Meduza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">U.S. President Donald Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xHSKMevaFIc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0a\u00a0White House briefing that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not intend to\u00a0attack NATO countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">A\u00a0reporter reminded Trump that Germany had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/feature\/2026\/09\/01\/germaniya-ofitsialno-obvinila-rf-v-organizatsii-diversii-v-aeroportu-leyptsiga-konsulstvo-rf-v-bonne-zakroyut-pravila-v-ezda-dlya-rossiyan-uzhestochat\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">accused<\/a>\u00a0Russia of\u00a0orchestrating sabotage at\u00a0Leipzig Airport and asked whether such actions by\u00a0Moscow amounted to\u00a0an\u00a0attack on\u00a0NATO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">\u201cI\u00a0don\u2019t think that Putin will\u00a0be\u2026 I\u00a0speak to\u00a0him. I\u00a0know him very well. Putin\u2019s not looking to\u00a0attack NATO territory,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Trump also said his envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are traveling to\u00a0Moscow and Kyiv with a\u00a0proposal to\u00a0end the war between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_context_p__Mdu1R \">In\u00a0late August, Bloomberg\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/news\/2026\/08\/28\/bloomberg-evropeyskie-chinovniki-ne-uvideli-dokazatelstv-podgotovki-rossii-k-napadeniyu-na-nato\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>\u00a0that European officials are confident there is\u00a0no\u00a0evidence Russia is\u00a0preparing to\u00a0attack NATO or\u00a0the Baltic states. They doubt the issue could have been the main topic of\u00a0CIA Director John Ratcliffe\u2019s August 25 visit to\u00a0Moscow. U.S. media outlets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/feature\/2026\/08\/28\/voyna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that Ratcliffe traveled to\u00a0Moscow to\u00a0warn the Kremlin against attacking NATO countries, particularly Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">At\u00a0Meduza, we\u00a0are committed to\u00a0transparency about our use of\u00a0artificial intelligence in\u00a0the newsroom. The story you\u2019re reading was written by\u00a0one of\u00a0our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an\u00a0AI\u00a0model configured to\u00a0follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is\u00a0the result of\u00a0extensive testing and refinements to\u00a0ensure our English-language coverage is\u00a0timely and accurate. A\u00a0Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">If\u00a0you find any errors in\u00a0this translation, please contact us\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/meduza.io\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#255740554a57515665484041505f440b4c4a\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">To\u00a0read Meduza\u2019s exclusive content in\u00a0English, please <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/pages\/newsletter\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to\u00a0our newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. President Donald Trump\u00a0said\u00a0at\u00a0a\u00a0White House briefing that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not intend to\u00a0attack NATO countries. 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