Speaking at the White House, Donald Trump said he loves both the Ukrainian and Russian people, calling Ukrainians “great people who love their country” while stressing that Russians are also dear to him. He noted European leaders waiting nearby are eager to help broker peace, and emphasized his goal is to end the war through negotiations. Trump’s remarks highlight his desire to play a central role in peace talks, presenting himself as a mediator who can bring both sides closer to a deal.
00:00I love the Ukrainian people, but I love all people. I love the Russian people.
00:04Well, I know Ukrainian people. I've known many over the years. They're great people.
00:08They're smart. They're energetic.
00:10I don't think you need a ceasefire.
00:12You know, if you look at the six deals that I settled this year, they were all at war.
00:16I didn't do any ceasefires.
00:18And I know that it might be good to have, but I can also understand strategically why, well, you know, one country or the other wouldn't want it.
00:27You have a ceasefire, and they rebuild and rebuild and rebuild, and, you know, maybe they don't want that.
00:33But if you look at the six deals that we made peace, you know, long-term, long-running wars, I didn't do any ceasefires.
00:42Would I like? I like the concept.
00:44You know, I like the concept of a ceasefire for one reason, because you'd stop killing people immediately, as opposed to in two weeks or one week or whatever it takes.
00:52But we can work a deal where we're working on a peace deal while they're fighting.
00:56They have to fight.
00:57I wish they could stop.
00:59I'd like them to stop.
01:00But strategically, that could be a disadvantage for one side or the other.
01:04But all of these deals I made without even the mention of the words ceasefire.
01:10It's an amazing, it's an amazing phenomenon.
01:13I said that if in the settlement you got Moscow, St. Petersburg, and thousands of miles around them, they would say I made a bad deal.
01:20You know, the level of hatred and animosity is incredible.
01:27Not with all.
01:28I mean, we have great people up here.
01:30We also have terrible people up there that I think are told what to say.
01:34But, you know, in solving all of these wars, they don't even write about it.
01:39You know, I solve major wars.
01:40I've solved wars that have been going on for 31, 35, and 37, and a couple of quicker ones.
01:46One that was going to go into a full-blown deal very quickly.
01:50You know, the one I'm talking about, it was a big one.
01:53But they don't even write about that.
01:56No matter what I do, no matter what, and, you know, this is not anything to do with you.
02:02It's probably to your advantage in a certain way.
02:04But no matter what I do, no matter what deal I make, from my standpoint, you'll come out good.
02:10Maybe President Putin will come out good.
02:13But they'll say Trump was absolutely horrible.
02:17It's just that, and I've lived with that for a long time.
02:20I've lived with it since just before the first election.
02:23I used to get great publicity.
02:26Now I get the worst publicity anyone's ever gotten in office.
02:30But I won in a landslide so that people understand.
02:33They're the only ones that count, ultimately.
02:35But I've also had great reporters.
02:37I've had journalists that are very good.
02:39But it's very sad when you do the right thing.
02:44As an example, they said, because of the fact that Vladimir Putin came to American soil,
02:50this was a tremendous defeat for Donald Trump.
02:53No.
02:54It was really wonderful that he did it.
02:57It was a hard thing for him to do, to be honest with you.
03:00It was the opposite of what they said.
03:03But they said it.
03:03Now, if he didn't come, they'd say that was also bad for Trump.
03:07There's no way.
03:08And there's just a great dishonesty of the press.
03:12And I think that's why it's lost its credibility.
03:14You know, its credibility is at an all-time low.
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