— He assured me present that they would not buy oil from Russia. Now I gotta make China do the same, said Trump in the Oval Office.
— Compared to what we did last week in the mediate East, this is comparatively easy. (War) in the mediate East is 3,000 years and we have solved it. It takes 3 years. And I think we're gonna end this. I think president Putin wants to end this. We'll see," he told Trump journalists.
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Trump besides stated that Russia is leading a “unspeakable” war in which it lost 1.5 million people.
— We just want president Putin to end it. To halt killing Ukrainians and halt killing Russians. That doesn’t make him feel good.... It's a war he was expected to win in a week. And he's entering the 4th year. This does not put this alleged war device in good light,” continued the president.
— But he can make a deal. We want to make a deal. I thought we had a deal. hatred between 2 leaders (Russia and Ukraine) is an obstacle," Trump said.
— Who knew I'd brought peace to the mediate East, and I can't make 2 guys settle? But I think we'll get him. If India stops buying oil, it will be much easier,” said Trump, who in August imposed duties on India for buying Russian oil.
Referring to the Friday gathering with the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski in the White House, Trump said Ukraine "wants to decision on to the offensive". He pointed out that he was besides considering another options another than handing over Tomahawk maneuvering missiles to Kiev and that he would gotta make a decision on that.
