President Donald Trump again blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for delaying a potential peace deal with Russia and suggested it may be time for Ukraine to hold elections, arguing that Kyiv must “play ball” as Moscow sits in the stronger negotiating position.
In a wide-ranging interview with Politico conducted at the White House on Monday, Trump said there is “no question” Russia is currently in the stronger spot because it is “a much bigger country.”
He repeated his long-standing argument that the war “should’ve never happened” and insisted it would not have started if he had remained in office.
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