Trump suggested that Putin could bring the situation to the point where US President takes Ukraine's side

US President Donald Trump said he assumes that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin may bring the situation to the point where the American leader will side with Ukraine, but not necessarily with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He said this in an interview with The Atlantic, reports UNN.

Details Trump commented on whether he sees a situation where he would come with a lot of weapons, with full-scale support for Ukraine to preserve its territorial integrity.

"Not necessarily weapons. There are many types of weapons. Not necessarily weapons with bullets. It could be weapons with sanctions. It could be weapons with banking. It could be many other weapons," Trump said.

When asked if there was anything Putin could do to make him say, "You know what? I'm on Zelenskyy's side now," Trump replied, "Not necessarily on Zelenskyy's side, but on Ukraine's side, yes. But not necessarily on Zelenskyy's side."

Trump said he had difficulty with Zelenskyy. "You saw it here when he was sitting in that chair (in the Oval Office - ed.) when he just couldn't understand it," Trump said.

"He got his way. But instead of saying "Okay" when I made that statement, I said, "Well, we're working to resolve this issue. We're trying to help." He said, "No, no, we need security too." I said, "Security?". I actually said, "I don't even know if we can put an end to this." You know, he was talking about security afterwards. Afterwards. And then he made a statement, something similar to the fact that they were fighting this alone, no one was helping them. I said, "Well, we helped you with 350 billion dollars, and Europe helped you with much less money," which is another thing that worries me," Trump said.

Let us add that this interview was conducted with Trump on Thursday, April 24, before his meeting with Zelenskyy in the Vatican on April 26.

Supplement Trump stated that his meeting with Zelenskyy in the Vatican went well, and the next few days will show whether there was progress.

Later, after meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump wrote on his Truth Social social network that Putin had no reason to launch missiles at civilian areas, cities and towns of Ukraine in the past few days, and added that he wondered whether Putin wants to stop the war, and hinted at sanctions.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that this week will be very important and decisive regarding negotiations on achieving peace in Ukraine.

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