“We can do it the easy way, or the hard way,” said Trump who previously claimed he would end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in as president.
Donald Trump has warned his Russian counterpart that the US is ready to punish Moscow with a barrage of new trade restrictions if it fails to reach an agreement soon to end the war in Ukraine.
Trump said last year that he would resolve the war within 24 hours of being sworn in as president but has since backtracked and said that he hopes to end the fighting within six months. His comments are the first time he has spoken about how he plans to achieve that goal. He also referenced a special counsel investigation into coordination between his 2016 campaign and Moscow, saying it was a “HOAX” from the “Radical Left”. It did not find evidence that Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated” with Russia to influence the result.Hours after being sworn in on Monday, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that Putin was “destroying Russia” by continuing to wage war in Ukraine.
Zelensky presented his scathing address as a wake-up call for European leaders, including in Britain and France, following Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
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