He trusts Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump emphasized: “I think he.” Although he had only threatened Russia with new sanctions and tariffs a few hours earlier because of his attacks on Ukraine, Trump expressed understanding for Putin at the press conference: “I think he is doing what everyone would do now,” said the US President. He always had a good relationship with Putin and he wanted to end the war, emphasized Trump. “I think it will be more generous than he has to be, and that’s pretty good.”
In order to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine, which has been going on for three years, Trump had recently increased the pressure on Kiev. At the beginning of the week, he ordered the US aid for Ukraine, and the transfer of secret service skills was also discontinued.
At the press conference on Friday, Trump warned the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj before the loss of any US support, should this not be ready to negotiate. “I don’t know if you want to agree. If you don’t want to agree, we are out because we want you to agree,” said Trump. Selenskyj ties in the approval of his country into a ceasefire on security guarantees of the West.
Last week there was a historical scandal in the White House at Selenskyjs Besicj: Trump and his deputy JD Vance had violently attacked the Ukrainian president in front of running cameras and accused him of lacking gratitude for the US military aid and lack of peace of peace.
Since then, both from Washington and Kyiv have come again more conciliatory tones. After a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Ukrainian chief diplomat Andrij Sybiha on Friday that Ukraine wanted an end to the war, and the leadership of the United States was “decisive to get a permanent peace”.
