When asked if he believes that the Russians are playing against the United States, the American president replied that “no one is playing with me.” Trump also added that he “tries to help.”
The head of the White House noted that his whole life was “only big negotiations” and he knows “when people play with us and when not.”
“I have to see the real desire to stop [войну]. And it seems to me that I see this desire – it seems, on both sides, ”Trump said.
The US President emphasized that “we have very good chances” to conclude an agreement and that “now everything is approaching the climax.”
Context
March 11 in Gzhidd (Saudi Arabia) took place Negotiations of Ukraine and the USA. Washington proposed immediately enter a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, Kyiv agreed. Instead, an assistant The illegitimate president of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Yuri Ushakov said that Moscow did not want a ceasefire for 30 days. He called the initiative “nothing more than a temporary respite for the Ukrainian military,” while Russia allegedly strives for “long -term peaceful settlement.”
After the American-Ukrainian and American-Russian negotiations in Saudi Arabia, on March 25, the White House announced What Ukraine and the United States “agreed to develop measures to implement the agreement of Trump and the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on the ban on strikes on the energy facilities of Russia and Ukraine.”
On March 26, Trump suggested that the Russian Federation was “pulling time” in negotiations on a peace agreement, but expressed confidence that she “wants to put an end to” her full -scale invasion of Ukraine.
April 11 Witkoff He arrived in Russia to meet with Putin. The Kremlin reported that the parties discussed “aspects of Ukrainian settlement.” Putin’s special representative for investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev in social networks X, called negotiations productive, and the White House speaker Caroline Livitt is “another step towards the cessation of fire”. At the same time, Livitt noted that Trump “is constantly disappointed on both sides of this conflict.”
On April 11, in his social network, Truth Social Trump called on Russia to “move” to end the war in Ukraine. During a conversation with journalists on board Air Force One, Trump said that on the way to peace in Ukraine there was a moment when it was necessary to “come to terms or shut up.” At a briefing on April 17, Trump said that the United States this week is waiting for a response from the Russian Federation to a proposal to cease in Ukraine.
On April 18, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the States may stop attempts to reach a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine if there are no clear signs of its conclusion. Rubio handed over Trump’s position, informs CNN with reference to the informed source.
