US Former President, Donald Trump, has stated he would end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24hrs, if he were the President of the US.
Trump said this on Wednesday in a CNN town hall before a live audience in the state of New Hampshire.
Trump said he would have a negotiation with Russian and Ukrainian Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, respectively.
‘I’ll meet with Putin. I’ll meet with Zelensky. They both have weaknesses and they both have strengths. And within 24 hours, that war will be settled. It’ll be over,’ Trump said.
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded and occupied parts of Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which had begun in 2014.
He, however, added that Putin made a mistake by invading Ukraine, an act he says Putin would not have done if he were the President of the US.
‘Putin made a mistake by invading Ukraine. His mistake was going in. He would have never gone in if I was president,’ Trump said.
‘I want everybody to stop dying. They’re dying. Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I’ll have that done.
‘I’ll have that done in 24 hours. I’ll have it done. You need the power of the presidency to do it.’ he added.
Some has come hard at Trump for his CNN town hall appearance, one of which the former Governor of New Jersey, James Christie, criticised Trump for refusing to declare he wanted Ukraine to win the war.
‘Donald Trump says he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours tonight on CNN. Despite how ridiculous that is to say, I suspect he would try to do it by turning Ukraine over to Putin and Russia. #Putin’sPuppet.’ Christie tweeted.
In another tweet, he said, ‘Donald Trump refused to say tonight that he wanted Ukraine to win the war with Russia. More proof that he continues to be Putin’s puppet.’
