Here is what he said.
“we’re working with Ukraine and we want other
countries to work with Ukraine when I
say work I’m referring to money they
should put up more money we put up a lot
of money I gave you anti-tank Buster’s
that frankly President Obama was sending
you pillows and sheets and I gave you
anti-tank Buster’s and a lot of people
didn’t want to do that but I did it
and
I really hope that Russia because I
really believe that President Putin
would like to do something I really hope
that you and President Putin get
together and can solve your problem that
would be a tremendous achievement and I
know you’re trying to do that”
Did you notice the context? The press was beating him up at the time over the “Russia Russia Russia” hoax. Of course he was carrying on about sending more stuff to Ukraine than Obama did. He ended with his key point: go talk to Putin and make peace.
Note the press conference with Trump was in late September of 2019. His ill-fated trip to the front line where he was mocked by AZOV was on October 19 of that same year. Hmm.
Poor Ukraine. Between their crooked oligarchs (and their Banderite enforcers) and our neocons, the people never got their deepest desire: implementing Minsk and having peace.