
Trump Seems Prepared To Grant Russia A Major Concession To End Ukraine War
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In an interview with Time, the president claimed he is uniquely positioned to bring the conflict to a close.
President Donald Trump said “Crimea will stay with Russia” as part of the deal he is pushing, seeming prepared to grant Russian President Vladimir Putin a major win to realize his goal of ending the Ukraine war.
In an interview with Time published on Friday, Trump appeared optimistic that the conflict would end on his watch, claiming he is uniquely positioned to deliver peace, even though he has failed to meet his campaign promise of ending the war on Day One of his second term.
“Well, I said that figuratively,” Trump said. “Obviously, people know that when I said that, it was said in jest, but it was also said that it will be ended.”
Trump, once again, seemed to side with Moscow, blaming Ukraine for the war prompted by Russia’s full-scale invasion Feb. 24, 2022.
“I think what caused the war to start was when they started talking about joining NATO,” Trump said. “If that weren’t brought up, there would have been a much better chance that it wouldn’t have started.”













