President Donald Trump’s patience is being tested by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched a barrage of airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv, killing 12 people and injuring nearly 100 more this week, one day ahead of Special Envoy Steve Witkoff’s fourth visit to Moscow.
Trump told reporters Friday he believes it is “possible” and even “very probable” his administration will negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
“I think, in the end, we’re going to end up with a lot of good deals, including tariff deals and trade deals. We’re going to make our country rich,” Trump said ahead of his departure for Rome. “We’re going to try and get out of war so that we can save 5,000 people a week. That’s what my aim is.”
Steve Witkoff meets with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg (Reuters )
TRUMP’S ‘STOP’ MESSAGE TO PUTIN ECHOES BIDEN’S ‘DON’T’ FROM 2022
Trump repeated that he has no deadline for a deal, only that one must be ironed out “as fast as possible.”
He made his comments one week after the U.S. threatened to abandon talks if Russia and Ukraine didn’t soon reach a deal and one day after Trump issued a direct message to Putin on social media to “stop” bombing Ukraine.
“I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5,000 soldiers a week are dying. Let’s get the peace deal DONE,” he wrote.
Trump also conceded that his repeated claims from the campaign trail that he would have the war in Ukraine stopped within 24 hours of taking office were not based on realistic goals but were “figurative.”
“I said that as an exaggeration,” he told reporters, again blaming the war on his predecessor, President Biden.
The Friday, April 25, 2025, front page of the New York Post reacted to President Donald Trump telling Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop” bombing Ukraine. (New York Post)
But it appears Trump’s verbal warnings to Putin have fallen on deaf ears, similar to the results of Biden’s verbal warnings. Trump has repeatedly accused Biden of being partly at fault for the war, though he has not explained why.
Former Moscow CIA Station Chief Dan Hoffman said he and other security experts repeatedly warned that, under the Biden administration, Ukraine was not sufficiently armed to adequately take on Russia.
“After failing to deter Putin’s invasion, the Biden administration just kept Ukraine in the fight but didn’t give Ukraine a chance to punch back fast enough or hard…
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