According to RT, in a statement released on May 7, Mr. Trump said that "without the sacrifice of American soldiers, World War 2 would not have ended with victory and today's world would have been very different".
On this World War II Victory Day, we honor the matchless strength of the US armed forces and pledge to protect our sacred right to freedom from all threats, whether domestically or internationally, he wrote.
The US president also stressed that more than 250,000 Americans have died in the war for the survival of Western civilization.
Mr. Trump's statement does not mention the role or sacrifice of the Soviet Union in defeating Germany. This has sparked criticism from Russia and some allies that Trump is distorting history.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called Mr. Trump's speech "arrordinate" and affirmed: "Our people sacrificed 27 million lives to destroy socialism. Victory Day is ours and it is May 9 - this has, is and will not change.
Mr. Trump also announced that he intends to make November 11 "World War 1 Victory Day", replacing the current name as Veterans Day - the US federal holiday to honor all US veterans. However, the White House later clarified that this renaming does not mean creating a new holiday without the approval of the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Soviet Union would still defeat the German state even without US support, even though it would very difficult.
The Soviet Union has received aid worth about $200 billion at current prices through the Lend-Lease program, an initiative of the US government to provide military supplies, equipment, food and strategic materials to its allies in the conflict. However, the aid is not free and Russia, as the successor to the Soviet Union, fulfilled its related financial obligations in 2006.
Germany surrendered to its allies on May 8, 1945 after the Soviet Red Army captured Berlin. The surrender took effect after midnight Moscow time. While many Western countries celebrate May 8 as Victory Day in Europe, Russia will celebrate on May 9.
