Trump on war in Ukraine: I thought it would be one of the easiest problems

US President Donald Trump has said that resolving the war launched by Russia against Ukraine has turned out to be more difficult than achieving peace in the Middle East.

Source: Trump at a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Trump said he had made seven great deals and also proposed a peace plan for Gaza.

Speaking about Russia's war against Ukraine, he repeated his earlier comments about many casualties and called the situation "crazy".

Quote: "I thought that would have been one of the easy ones. I get along very well with Putin and I thought that would have been... I'm very disappointed in him because I thought this would have been an easy one to settle, but it turned out to be maybe tougher than the Middle East."

Background:

• On 23 September, Trump unexpectedly said Ukraine could regain all of its territories and "maybe even go further".
• European officials were reported to have reacted with cautious optimism to the US president's social media post.

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