President Donald Trump said Tuesday that NATO members should shoot down Russian aircraft that enter their territories, after those countries scrambled jets in response to Russian drones entering their airspace in recent weeks.
When asked whether he thought NATO should shoot down Russian aircraft in response to such incursions during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, Trump replied, “Yes, I do.” He did not elaborate further.
Later in his remarks, Trump said that there could be a possibility that the United States would join in efforts to take down Russian aircraft that violate those countries’ airspace….