US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 16, 2024.
Brian Snyder | Reuters
President-elect Donald Trump said the Russian President on Sunday Vladimir Putin has expressed interest in a meeting about the war with Ukraine.
“President Putin said he wants to meet with me as soon as possible,” Trump said during his remarks at Turning Point's America Fest conference. “So we have to wait for this, but we have to end that war. That war is terrible, terrible.”
Trump, who is due to return to the White House in January, previously said on the campaign trail that if elected, he could end the war “in 24 hours.” The president-elect recent criticism policy change by the President Joe Biden which allowed Ukraine to use US-supplied weapons to strike inside Russian territory.
The president-elect also said Ukraine recently will “probably” receive less military support when he took office. Ukraine is very dependent on its international partners for military, financial and humanitarian support that allows them to continue to function as a state, and fight Russia after almost three years of war.
“The number of soldiers being killed…” Trump said on Sunday. “It's a flat plane, and the bullets are going and there are powerful bullets, powerful guns, and the only thing that's going to stop them is a human body.”
Earlier this month, Trump met with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris with the French President Emmanuel Macron before the Notre Dame Cathedral reopened. After the meeting, Trump called for an “immediate ceasefire.” “
– NBC News added a report.
