Trump: Both Ukraine and Russia show enthusiasm to end war and "nobody is playing me"
US President Donald Trump has stated that he believes that both Ukraine and Russia show a desire to put an end to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Source: Trump while speaking to journalists at the White House on 18 April, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Trump said that "my whole life has been one big negotiation, and I know when people are playing us and when they are not".
"I have to see an enthusiasm to want to end it. And I think I see that enthusiasm. I think I see it from both sides," he added.
Trump dismissed the suggestion that Russia is deceiving him within these peace efforts.
"Nobody is playing me. I'm trying to help, you know, this was Biden's war by the way... this is not Trump's war... This is a war that should have never happened," Trump remarked.
Background:
- Earlier, Trump confirmed that he may give up attempts to broker a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia in the absence of progress, although he did not specify the conditions under which this would happen.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio informed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a phone call that the United States is prepared to withdraw from its mediating efforts to establish peace in Ukraine if a clear path to peace does not emerge soon.
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