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Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close
WHNT ^ | 4/26/2025 | DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press

Posted on 04/26/2025 8:13:04 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doubts Russia’s Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine, expressing new skepticism that a peace deal can be reached soon. Only a day earlier, Trump had said Ukraine and Russia were “ very close to a deal.”

“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days,” Trump said in a social media post as he flew back to the United States after attending Pope Francis’ funeral at the Vatican, where he met briefly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Trump also hinted at further sanctions against Russia.

“It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through “Banking” or “Secondary Sanctions?” Too many people are dying!!!” Trump wrote.

The new doubts aired by Trump come as the president and top aides intensify their push to come to a deal to end the war that began in February 2022 when Russian invaded Ukraine.

The comments also sharply contrasted with Trump’s positive assessment that the two sides were “very close to a deal” after his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, had met with Putin in Moscow on Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at whnt.com ...


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To: marcusmaximus

Please send image to 47 that he might be enlightened


21 posted on 04/26/2025 9:48:47 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: marcusmaximus
One day he's mad at Zelenskyy, next day he's mad at Putin. Maybe he take Marco's advice and just walk away.
22 posted on 04/26/2025 9:54:45 AM PDT by McGruff (Biden will go down in history as the worst president ever.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Trump is pissed that the Russians are still fighting in the absence of a formal ceasefire. That makes no sense, this is still war. He did not say boo as Ukraine was firing off American made missiles into Russia.


23 posted on 04/26/2025 9:59:00 AM PDT by JoSixChip
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To: Wuli
And, 56% of Republicans think we're providing TOO MUCH assistance to Ukraine in the latest Gallup poll.

And, it's a lot greater than 56% among MAGA and conservative Republicans.

If you want to join Democrats and support more assistance to Ukraine, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE AND JOIN BLUESKY.

24 posted on 04/26/2025 10:01:53 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: LibFreeUSA

Ukraine (and its territory) did nothing to add or subtract from our national security concerns during those 70 years.


Ukraine was a major source of Soviet power, industry, and shipbuilding during those years. Soviet power and the ability to project power would have been substantially reduced without Ukraine.


25 posted on 04/26/2025 10:16:38 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marcusmaximus

Back with the anti-Asian racism. I don’t care if Patton said it. It’s racist and against the policy of this forum. I reported you to the mods for this.


26 posted on 04/26/2025 12:13:16 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

“Yet it is the Ukraine who are deemed to be warmongers”

Another lie from the Uke nationalists. No one here denies Ukraine’s right to defend themselves. What we believe is Ukraine has no right to drag other nations into it. That’s warmongering.


27 posted on 04/26/2025 12:15:49 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: Wuli

“53% want U.S. to help Ukraine reclaim territory, even if it prolongs conflict”

Then fight to the last FORCED CONSCRIPTED Ukie Male.


28 posted on 04/26/2025 12:31:06 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin will be playing a very risky deal his economy is on the slopes.

And there about to get greased.


29 posted on 04/26/2025 12:58:17 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: rxh4n1

“What we believe is Ukraine has no right to drag other nations into it. That’s warmongering.”

Like Russia using North Korean troops to fight on the front line.


30 posted on 04/26/2025 1:03:47 PM PDT by Armscor38
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To: McGruff

Trump should have ended all dealings with the devious and ungrateful Zelensky the moment he pulled that little stunt in the White House meeting.


31 posted on 04/26/2025 1:33:35 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: marcusmaximus

Trump may have to sanction Russia further, we’ll have to drill for more oil here in USA. And then hand off the war assistance to the EU. They said they’re ready for it.


32 posted on 04/26/2025 1:37:25 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Armscor38

Of course, Russia is the warmonger and aggressor, but that’s a given. They’ve been using mercenaries all along, but the Norks being there was never proven. They certainly didn’t enter the Ukraine. Whatever the case on that doesn’t excuse Ukraine for trying to widen the war.


33 posted on 04/26/2025 7:10:01 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: rxh4n1

“Russia acknowledged for the first time that North Korean troops were on the front lines of its war with Ukraine, with a senior military official crediting their role in helping Russian forces reclaim control of the Kursk region.

“I would like to separately note the participation ... of military personnel of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” Valery Gerasimov, the Russian chief of general staff, told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a report Saturday.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/noth-korea-3000-troops-russia-ukraine-rcna198123


34 posted on 04/26/2025 8:07:19 PM PDT by Armscor38
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To: dfwgator

if my uncle had teats he’d be my aunt. but he don’t.


35 posted on 04/27/2025 5:32:33 AM PDT by ichabod1 (lets change our name to the United States of Trump!)
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To: Armscor38

that article, does not say that.


36 posted on 04/27/2025 5:36:59 AM PDT by ichabod1 (lets change our name to the United States of Trump!)
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To: Kazan

The term “not supporting Ukraine” in your hands merely equals “supporting Russia”, for which there is no defense.


37 posted on 04/27/2025 8:47:40 AM PDT by Wuli (.)
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To: Wuli
No one here, including me, is supporting Russia, even though it is true that enemy of my enemy is my friend.

We're opposing the globalist elite and their agenda, which is every bit as expansionist and oppressive as the Soviet Union was.

You're defending scum that undermine freedom, free and fair elections, pushing mass migration into Western countries, push the green and LGBT agendas and wars for profit.

Death to globalism and globalists! Death to NATO! Death the EU! Death the liberal world order!

38 posted on 04/27/2025 9:23:41 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kazan

“You’re defending scum that undermine freedom, free and fair elections, pushing mass migration into Western countries, push the green and LGBT agendas and wars for profit.”

Your stupid assumption, based on zilch.

You stupidly assume any support for the independence of Ukraine as well as giving no exucses to Putin for his invasion is from one mind on whole host of other things, yet that simplistic notion is pure nonsense.


39 posted on 04/28/2025 8:34:22 AM PDT by Wuli (.)
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To: Wuli
Based on zilch?

You have your head stuck up your ass.

The globalists behind this war have done nothing but advance the LGBT in Ukraine and the green agenda and mass Muslim and third world migration in their own countries.

You're either a dunce or a liar, probably the latter.

You are as much the enemy as any Democrat or leftist.

40 posted on 04/28/2025 8:49:20 AM PDT by Kazan
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