During a series of questions in the Oval Office of the White House Donald Trump many times he expressed optimismas to the end of the war in Ukraine, repeating that he thinks that Vladimir Putin wants peace and is fed up with war. He also explained that that is why he had not imposed additional sanctions on Russia yet.
– I think there is a chance to do something, and if I did it (imposed sanctions), You can significantly worsen the matter – he said. “But there may be a time where it can happen,” he added.
The US president said that before talking to Putin he was ready to announce that He withdraws from his efforts to end the warbut he decided that the Russian leader wanted peace.
War in Ukraine. Trump explains Putin's movements. “It's in the war”
– My whole life is systems, one great arrangement. So if I thought that President Putin did not want to end it, I would not even talk about it, because I would just withdraw, “Trump said. When asked about his earlier appeals to Vladimir Putin to stop bombing Ukraine – which Putin did not listen to – the US President only stated that Putin “is in the war”.
– Well, it's in war (…) They attack each otherand people die all the time. He is in the war. He fights in the war. Nobody said he would stop – said Donald Trump. At the same time, he repeated several times that “this is not his war” and that America should not have been involved in her.
– It was a European situation And she should have remained a European situation. It should remain, but it did not remain, because the previous administration very much thought that we should be involved. And we got involved much more than Europe in terms of money and everything we gave – said Trump.
The American leader assessed that the organization of conversations between Russia and Ukraine in the Vatican would be a great idea, and Pope Leon XIV I want to do it.
Trump-Putin conversation. “We are generally on the right track”
He added that the arms suspension would be possible after “reaching the agreement”. At the same time, he assured that Russia is ready to cooperate with Kiev on Memorandum about future peace conversations.
Putin stated after talking to Donald Trump that “we are generally on the right track.” He found the conversation itself as “very informative and helpful”.