Putin is bombing Ukraine. Do you still believe him that he wants peace?Trump: I believe him. We’re doing very well with Russia. But right now they’re bombing the hell out of Ukraine.I’m finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. 1/
Waltz: Well, the president has been crystal clear, and he’s been clear to all sides the fighting has to stop. Both sides need to get to the table. We had a good engagement. Both leaders have said only President Trump could do so. 2/
The Ukrainians had a great opportunity to bind our economies through that mineral deal. Unfortunately, that didn’t go so well, but we think we’re going to get things back on track.3/
Rubio, myself and Ukrainian delegation will be meeting in Saudi Arabia next week to get these talks back on track, get the ceasefire in place and drive peace home.4/
Trump: Both parties want to settle. I think if I wasn’t president, this war would have had no chance of settlement. Zero chance. But I think we’re going to get it settled and stopped. We got to stop. They’re losing on average 2,000 soldiers a week.5/
Do you think that Putin is taking advantage of the U.S. pause on intelligence and military aid to Ukraine?Trump: I think he wants to get it stopped, and I think he’s hitting them harder than he’s been hitting themI think, Ukraine wants to get it ended, but I don’t see it6X