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The U.S. president repeatedly boasted about how quickly he would end Russia’s full-scale invasion after coming to power, while officials in Kyiv have urged that any peace deal should secure favorable terms for Ukraine.
Since his inauguration on Monday, Trump has escalated his rhetoric, telling reporters on Tuesday that Putin is in “big trouble” and that he should make a deal.
“[Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy told me he wants to make a deal, I don’t know if Putin does … He might not. I think he should make a deal. I think he’s destroying Russia by not making a deal,” Trump said in the Oval Office on the first day of his second presidency, referring to Russia’s failing economy and inflation.
He added that Putin couldn’t be happy with his slow progress in Ukraine. The Kremlin leader planned to capture Kyiv and other cities within 48 hours of his invasion, in February 2022.
“He’s grinding it out. Most people thought it would last about one week and now you’re into three years. It is not making him look good,” Trump said.
The U.S. president earlier also claimed that a meeting between him and Putin is being set up, though Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said no substantial preparations are underway.
