President Trump spoke on the phone with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to negotiate the end of the Ukrainian war, he told the Post in an exclusive Air Force interview on Friday.
“I’d rather not say it,” Trump said. They asked how many times the two leaders spoke.
However, he believes Putin “cares” about his murder on the battlefield.
“He wants people to stop dying,” Trump said.
“All the dead. Young, young, beautiful. They are like your children, like 2 million of them – and for no reason.”
Trump insisted that if he was president in 2022, the three-year-old war would “never have happened.”
“I’ve always had a good relationship with Putin,” he said, unlike his predecessor.
“Biden was an embarrassment for our country. A complete embarrassment.”
Trump said he has specific plans to end the war.
“I hope it’s fast. People are dying every day. This war is so bad in Ukraine. I want to end this damn thing.”
The president addressed national security adviser Mike Waltz, who joined his studies on the Air Force on Friday night, saying, “Let’s go ahead with these meetings. They want to meet. Every day people are dying. A young handsome soldier is being killed. A young man like my son. Both sides. The whole battlefield.”
Vice President Vance will meet Ukrainian President Voldymeierzelensky at the Munich Security Conference next week.
Trump says he wants to sign a $500 million contract with Zelensky to access Ukraine’s rare earth minerals and gas in exchange for security guarantees in a potential peace settlement.
In Iran, Trump told the Post: “I want to make a deal with Iran nuclear-free. I would prefer to bomb hell then… They don’t want to die. No one wants to die.”
“If we had made a deal, Israel would not bomb them.”
However, he did not reveal details of potential negotiations with Iran. As you know, that’s not good. ”
“I knew what I had to say to them, I hope they decide not to do what they are thinking right now, and they’re really happy I think it will be.”
“I’ll tell them I’ll make a deal.”
As for what he offers Iran in return, he said, “It’s so annoying that I can’t say that. I won’t bomb them.”
