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.
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Neither side wants the war to stop.
ALL Trump is doing now is creating a public record that he TRIED everything he could to end the war before he walks away.
Recently, he has RIGHTLY put more focus on Putin not just the little fella.
Both gangsta’s self-interest is rooted in continuing the fighting.
Again, you stupidly make the nonsense claim that all people rooting for Ukraine come out of the same causes and motivations. Again, it is just nonsense peddled into wastern minds straight out of the Kremlin to make excuses for Putin’s megalomania.
Lindsey Graham that we're in Ukraine to get our hands on the $12 trillion of rare earths there.
Corrupt politicians like Biden and Democrat oligarchs like George Soros have made millions of dollars there. And, Ukraine is totalitarian hellhole run by nationalists that worship Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera, everything you claim Russia is.
It's outrageous we've wasted at least $200 billion of taxpayer dollars there.
Trump did his best, gave Putin a chance, treated him well, and now this. Time to go to plan B.
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