“So, we’ll see if we will help it alongside. I feel it is a disgrace it is a struggle that might have by no means occurred,” he mentioned.
Trump has repeatedly mentioned he would not have allowed the battle to start out if he had been in workplace.
Putin on Friday mentioned he was prepared to debate the struggle in Ukraine with Trump and instructed it will be a good suggestion for them to fulfill.
Putin instructed a Russian state TV journalist: “We imagine the present president’s statements about his readiness to work collectively. We’re at all times open to this and prepared for negotiations.” When requested about his first worldwide journey, Trump mentioned it could possibly be Saudi Arabia or the UK. “It could possibly be Saudi Arabia, it could possibly be the UK. Historically, it has been the UK. Final time I went to Saudi Arabia as a result of they agreed to purchase USD450 billion price of United States merchandise, together with loads of army, farm and different gear. And if that provide had been proper, I would do this once more,” he mentioned.
Trump mentioned he has a name with the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the subsequent 24 hours.
“I get together with him, effectively, I like him lots. He is liberal, which is a little bit bit completely different for me, however I feel he is an excellent particular person. He has performed an excellent job so far,” Trump mentioned.
In his name with the Saudi crown prince, Trump mentioned bringing oil costs down.
He blamed his predecessor for permitting oil costs to go up.
“I mentioned getting oil costs down as a result of when you get oil costs down, Russia will cease the struggle. Biden ought to have by no means allowed him to go up so excessive. When Biden allow them to go as much as that stage, he was simply inducing Russia, which sells oil, to enter a struggle,” Trump mentioned.
“He ought to have by no means allowed the Democrats, specifically, Biden allowed oil costs to go up as one of many causes, yeah, the Ukraine disaster,” he mentioned.