DONALD Trump said he had been “really let down” by Vladimir Putin – before suggesting that his invasion of Ukraine could spiral into World War 3.
The fed up US President slammed his Russian counterpart for “killing many people” before revealing one move that could put an end to the war once and for all.
AFPDonald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer are holding a press conference[/caption]
It comes after they agreed on a historic tech deal
APRussian tyrant Putin has let Trump down, according to the US President[/caption]
AFPHe called for lower oil prices[/caption]
The US President said he had expected the war to be “among the easiest” to resolve because of his relationship with Putin but admitted that has not happened.
Suggesting Putin’s invasion could spill out into a global conflict, Trump said the Ukraine war doesn’t affect the United States, “unless you end up in a world war over this thing – you could”.
Asked about how to put an end to the fighting in Ukraine, Trump suggested: “If the price of oil drops Putin’s going to drop out of that war.”
“If the oil price comes down Russia will settle.”
Slashing global oil prices could deal a huge blow to Putin – stripping Russia of the cash it rakes in from Europe and therefore weakening his war machine in Ukraine.
While hinting that Ukraine could become a worldwide conflict, the US President also said: “That’s a war that could have been a Third World War.
“I don’t think we are going to be there now – but that was heading to a Third World War, and what a shame it is.”
Emphasising that the war “never would have started if I were President”, Trump also said Putin invaded Ukraine because “he didn’t respect the leadership of the United States”.
The Don referred to his multiple calls with President Putin, saying that mad Vlad saw Ukraine as “the apple of his eye”.
Trump added: “He’s [Putin] killing many people and he’s losing more people than he’s killing, frankly the Russian soldiers are being killed at a higher rate than the Ukrainian soldiers.
“It’s millions of people that have died in that war, millions of souls, and they’re not American soldiers.”
The most powerful man in the world also claimed that the soldiers were being killed at “level’s nobody’s seen since the Second World War”.
The comments come as Sir Keir Starmer and Trump hold a press conference at Chequers just hours after announcing a groundbreaking tech deal.
The UK PM chimed in following Trump’s comments on Ukraine, saying that they were “working together to end the killing in Ukraine”.
Starmer also said the war was a “challenge” to Europe and criticised some countries in the West for being too reliant on Russian energy.
But he emphasised there was no simple “silver bullet”, while calling for tougher sanctions.
APIt comes as peace talks to end the war in Ukraine continue to stall[/caption]
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