President Trump on Tuesday quipped that bringing an finish to the struggle between Russia and Ukraine would assist him get into heaven, joking that he heard he is “at the bottom of the totem pole.”
Trump known as into “Fox & Friends” following a gathering a day earlier on the White Home with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and 7 prime European leaders. The group mentioned finish the struggle in Ukraine, which has been raging since Russian forces invaded in February 2022.
“I want to end it. You know, we’re not losing American lives, we’re not losing American soldiers. We’re losing Russia and Ukrainian, mostly soldiers. Some people, as missiles hit wrong spots or get lobbed into cities,” Trump stated on Fox Information.
“But if I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that’s a pretty – I want to try and get to heaven if possible. I’m hearing I’m not doing well,” he continued. “I hear I’m really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons.”
Trump and European officers mentioned potential safety assurances for Ukraine as a part of a peace deal that might stop future Russian aggression. The president offered few particulars on what that might seem like throughout his look on Fox Information, aside from to notice that Europe would probably bear the brunt of these safety efforts.
“There’ll be some form of security,” Trump stated. “It can’t be NATO, because that’s just not something that could ever, ever happen.”
Trump additionally indicated Ukraine would probably have to cede some land as a part of any closing settlement, although he has repeatedly stated it is going to be as much as Zelensky to log off on territorial concessions.
“I hope President Putin goes to be good. If he is not, that is going to be a tough state of affairs,” Trump said. “And I hope Zelensky, President Zelensky, will do what he has to do. He has to point out some flexibility additionally. The factor is a multitude.”
Trump has stated he’s serving to to rearrange a possible face-to-face assembly between Putin and Zelensky within the close to future.
