Trump warms to Zelenskyy after Vatican assembly however is ‘disappointed’ through Russia

Asked to touch upon his assembly on the Vatican with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump on Sunday expressed newfound sympathy for his Ukrainian counterpart, pronouncing he “wants to do something good for his country” and “is working hard”.

Reflecting on his dialog with the Ukrainian president in a “beautiful” atmosphere, the USA president additionally stated that he used to be “surprised and disappointed, very disappointed” that Russia had bombed Ukraine after discussions between Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, and Trump’s peace envoy, Steve Witkoff. “I was very disappointed that missiles were flying, by Russia,” the USA president stated.

Speaking to journalists at an airport in New Jersey, Trump stated that Zelenskyy “told me that he needs more weapons, but he’s been saying that for three years”.

Asked what he desires Putin to do, Trump responded: “Well, I want him to stop shooting. Sit down and sign the deal. We have the confines of a deal, I believe, and I want him to sign it and be done with it.”

“Do you trust President Putin?” Trump used to be requested.

“I’ll let you know in about two weeks,” Trump stated. Pressed to elaborate on what he expects to occur in two weeks, Trump refrained from the query. “Two weeks or less,” he stated, vaguely, “but you know they’re losing a lot of people. We have 3, 4,000 people dying every week.”

Trump additionally stated that his courting with Zelenskyy used to be advanced through the face-to-face on the Vatican: “Look, it was never bad. We had a little dispute, because I disagreed with something he said, and the cameras were rolling and that was OK with me.”

“Look, he’s in a tough situation, a very tough situation. He’s fighting a much bigger force, much bigger,” Trump added. The president then repeated his common false declare that the United States had given Ukraine $350bn to help its protection from the Russian invasion.

“I see him as calmer,” Trump stated, evaluating the Zelenskyy he met on the Vatican with the only he faced within the Oval Office in February. “I think he understands the picture, and I think he wants to make a deal.”

The president additionally claimed that there have been “a little bit” of growth in industry talks with China, talks that Chinese officers have stated don’t seem to be happening. “They want to make a deal, obviously,” Trump stated. “Now, they’re not doing any business with us, you know, because, not because of them, because of me. Because at 145%, you can’t do business,” he stated, in connection with the import tariff price he imposed this month. “But something’s going to happen, that’s going to be possible.”

Asked concerning the demise through suicide of Virginia Giuffre, some of the distinguished sufferers of the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein, Trump stated: “That whole situation is very sad, her and others, and so certainly that’s a horrible thing.”

Epstein had socialized with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, and video from 1992 confirmed the 2 males giggling in combination all through a celebration Trump hosted there.

In criminal filings, Giuffre stated she have been a teenage spa attendant at Mar-a-Lago – Trump’s membership in Palm Beach, Florida – when she used to be approached in 2000 through Epstein’s female friend and later worker, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Giuffre stated Maxwell employed her as a masseuse for Epstein, however that the couple successfully made her a sexual servant for no longer best Epstein however his buddies and colleagues.