Read the passage from a Soviet ambassador.The foreign policy of the United States . . . is characterized in the postwar period by a striving for world supremacy. This is the real meaning of the many statements by President Truman and other representatives of American ruling circles; that the United States has the right to lead the world.—Nikolai Novikov,Ambassador of the USSR,September 1946
Novikov claims that the United States sought “world supremacy” and wanted the right to lead the world. This critical accusation shows distrust of U.S. intentions, so the correct choice is distrust.
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