US President Donald Trump said Tuesday, March 3, that settling Russia’s war against Ukraine remains “very high” on his list of priorities, even as he launched a fresh attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over US military aid and weapons stockpiles.
Trump made the remarks during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House, where he was asked about the status of efforts to end the war.
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“Regarding Russia and Ukraine – where is it on my priority list? Very high. I thought it would be much easier than it turned out to be,” Trump said.
He pointed to what he described as deep personal animosity between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky.
“There is tremendous hatred between President Putin and President Zelensky, tremendous hatred. I’ve seen a lot of hatred in my life, but I think this one is at the very top of the scale,” Trump said.
While expressing confidence that a settlement would eventually be reached, he said responsibility for the stalemate does not lie with only one side.
“Sometimes I blame one, sometimes I blame the other. I think it’s going to happen, but it’s high in my list,” he said.
Trump also argued that the war does not directly affect the US “because it’s very far away,” but cited what he claimed were heavy casualties.
“For the last four weeks actually 32,000 soldiers died; 32,000 and it’s been averaging 25 to 30,000 soldiers a month have been dying in that stupid war, and I’d love to see it ended,” he said, calling the conflict “the worst that there has been since World War II.”
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