I think Russia is going to be in big trouble. You take a look at their economy. You take a look at their inflation in Russia,
He should make a deal. I think he’s destroying Russia by not making a deal.”
The war Ukraine and Russia should have never started,
Ukrainians are ready to work together with Americans to achieve peace, real peace. This is a chance that must be seized.”
He can’t be thrilled,
Zelensky wants to make a deal,
Regarding the resolution of the situation in Ukraine, as the president [Putin – ed.] emphasised
Can you imagine how many lives have been ruined over the years by the propaganda of this nonsense?”
Zelensky wants to make a deal. I don’t know if Putin does. But he should,
I emphasize that we have never refused. We have always been ready to maintain smooth relations of cooperation with any U.S. administration, as I have said more than once."
I have another half of the day left,
He’s grinding it out. Most people thought it would last about one week and now you’re into three years. It is not making him look good,
We have numbers that almost a million Russian soldiers have been killed. About 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers are killed. Russia’s bigger, they have more soldiers to lose but that’s no way to run a country,
NATO should pay more. NATO should be paying 5%,
And yes, President Trump is going to not just get involved, [he'll] lead the way toward a peace accord and a ceasefire, and it will get done. And it does take some steps, but it will get done."
It's in his top four or five priorities,
Listen, we all saw how determined, how transparent, how honest — how he's just simply not a phony. That's our president. And … he's going to deliver on his promises."
As for the resolution of the situation (in Ukraine) itself, I would like to emphasize that the goal should not be a brief ceasefire, not some kind of period of respite that would allow a regrouping and rearmament of forces, but a long-term peace based on respect for the legitimate interests of all people and all peoples who live in the region,
President Putin wants to meet; he's said that even publicly, and we have to get that war over with,
We hear [Trump’s] statements on the need to prevent World War III. We undoubtedly welcome such a disposition and congratulate the elected U.S. president,