President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with Politico, expressed his disappointment with the way the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are going on and agreed that it’s time for Ukraine to hold an election. At Doha summit, president’s son Donald Trump Jr hinted that his father is in the mood of walking away from the Russia-Ukraine issue — such is the patience level of White House now, but Trump said it’s neither right, nor wrong. “I give Ukraine a lot of … a lot of … I give the people of Ukraine and the military of Ukraine tremendous credit for the, you know, bravery and for the fighting and all of that. But you know, at some point, size will win, generally. And this is a massive size, uh … you … when you take a look at the numbers, I mean, the numbers are just crazy,” Trump said, speaking about Russia’s upperhand. “I think it’s an important time to hold an election (in Ukraine). They’re using war not to hold an election, but, uh, I would think the Ukrainian people would … should have that choice. And maybe Zelenskyy would win. I don’t know who would win. But they haven’t had an election in a long time. You know, they talk about a democracy, but it gets to a point where it’s not a democracy anymore,” Trump said.
‘Putin and Zelenskyy really hate each other a lot’
Citing the number of conflicts that he settled, Trump said it’s difficult for Putin and Zelenskyy to make a deal as they really hate each other a lot. “They really hate each other. And part of the problem is they hate each other really a lot, you know. And it’s very hard for them to try and make a deal. It’s harder than most. I … I settled eight wars, and this … I would’ve said this is the ninth. This would’ve been the easiest one, I would’ve said, or one of the easier ones. I mean, I settled one … one that was going on for 36 years. Uh, I settled Pakistan and India. I settled so many wars. I’m very proud of it. And I do it pretty routinely, pretty easily. It’s not hard for me to do. It’s what I do. I make deals. Uh, this one is tough. One of the reasons is the level of hatred between Putin and Zelenskyy is tremendous,” Trump said.
