The head of the White House shared his thoughts during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Returning to the topic of the Russian-Ukrainian war, he recalled his previous statements about the large number of deaths and called this situation “madness.”
I thought it would be one of the easiest problems, and I get along very well with Putin… I’m very disappointed in him because I thought it would be easy to solve, but it turned out to be perhaps harder than the Middle East.
Donald Trump
President of the United States
What is important to understand is that 2 weeks ago, Donald Trump unexpectedly optimistically assessed Ukraine’s chances of regaining control over its territory within internationally recognized borders.
Moreover, he hinted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could “go further” — that is, seize Russian territory.