President Trump said it is up to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to get a peace deal done with Russia after the U.S. president met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.
“It’s a terrible war where both are losing a lot, it would be a great achievement for them, forget about me,” Trump said during an exclusive interview granted to Fox News host Sean Hannity after his summit with Putin.
Trump said there are “many” points he and Putin agree on after meeting with the Russian leader but added “it’s really up to PresidentZelensky to get it done.”
“I would also say the European Nations, they have to get involved a little bit,” Trump told Hannity. “And if they’d like, I’d be at that next meeting. They’re going to set up a meeting now … not that I want to be there, but I want to make sure it gets done. And we have a pretty good shot of getting it done.”
Trump’s comments to Hannity come after the president had previously indicated he did not feel he was negotiating on behalf of Ukraine, but has promised to find an end to the war there.
Trump and Putin held a brief press conference after their meeting but did not divulge many details about how the conversation went, though the president called the dialogue a “10 out of 10” during his conversation with Hannity.
