{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Politics.co.uk","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk","author_name":"Josh Self","author_url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/author\/joshself\/","title":"Ex-defence secretary Ben Wallace says Trump parroting Russian \u2018propaganda lines\u2019 - Politics.co.uk","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mDZQiiNHV4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2025\/02\/19\/ex-defence-secretary-ben-wallace-says-trump-parroting-russian-propaganda-lines\/\">Ex-defence secretary Ben Wallace says Trump parroting Russian \u2018propaganda lines\u2019<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2025\/02\/19\/ex-defence-secretary-ben-wallace-says-trump-parroting-russian-propaganda-lines\/embed\/#?secret=mDZQiiNHV4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Ex-defence secretary Ben Wallace says Trump parroting Russian \u2018propaganda lines\u2019&#8221; &#8212; Politics.co.uk\" data-secret=\"mDZQiiNHV4\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/50722295833_e0f7d760ae_o.jpg","thumbnail_width":1861,"thumbnail_height":1227,"description":"Ben Wallace has accused US president Donald Trump of echoing \u201cpropaganda lines\u201d from the Kremlin.\u00a0 The former defence secretary\u2019s comments came after Trump appeared to blame Ukraine for starting war against Russia. In a press conference on Tuesday, the US president criticised Kyiv\u2019s negotiation skills and suggested the war in Ukraine could have been \u201csettled... Read more &raquo;"}