| Title: | Russia’s UN ambassador did not say Trump was overthrown |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.326C8VN |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 18, 2022 |
| Description: | Social media posts claim Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations said during a General Assembly session that former US president Donald Trump was “overthrown.” But diplomat Vassily Nebenzia’s full remarks make clear he was referring to the revolution that toppled Ukraine’s president in February 2014, not Trump’s 2020 electoral defeat. |
Russia’s UN ambassador did not say Trump was overthrown
Social media posts claim Russia's ambassador to the United Nations said during a General Assembly session that former US president Donald Trump was "overthrown." But diplomat Vassily Nebenzia's full remarks make clear he was referring to the revolution that toppled Ukraine's president in February 2014, not Trump's 2020 electoral defeat.
