Trump says arranging meeting with Putin

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a gathering on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. Reuters-Yonhap

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump stated Thursday that Russian chief Vladimir Putin wished to satisfy and {that a} rendezvous between the pair was being organized.

He made the assertion only a week and a half earlier than taking workplace, following guarantees throughout his marketing campaign to deliver peace to Ukraine, which has been below Russian invasion since February 2022.

„He needs to satisfy, and we’re setting it up,“ Trump stated at a gathering with Republican governors at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Seaside, Florida.

„President Putin needs to satisfy, he is stated that even publicly, and we’ve to get that struggle over with, that is a bloody mess.“

Trump has by no means made any concrete proposals for a ceasefire or peace deal, and has typically criticized the big quantity of army assist america has despatched to Kyiv.

Trump has additionally incessantly mocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a „salesman,“ whereas elevating eyebrows in Washington by hardly ever criticizing Putin — and even talking admiringly of the Kremlin chief.

Along with criticizing the huge army assist despatched to Ukraine below President Joe Biden, Trump has raised doubts over continued U.S. involvement within the Western army alliance NATO.

America below Biden has been Ukraine’s largest wartime backer, offering army assist price greater than $65 billion since February 2022. (AFP)