‘I don’t think he’s looking to stop’ – Trump ‘very disappointed’ with Putin after call
US President Donald Trump voiced frustration with Russian leader Vladimir Putin early Friday, July 3, acknowledging that the Kremlin has no plans to end its war on Ukraine. “ I’m very disappointed with the conversation I had yesterday with President Putin because I don’t think he’s there. I don’t think he’s looking to stop, and that’s too bad,” Trump told reporters after returning to Washington from a pre-Independence Day event in Iowa. “It’s Biden’s war, and I got stuck in the middle of it, just like with immigration and a lot of other things they messed up,” he added. “But I was not happy with the conversation.” he added During their roughly hour-long call, Putin reportedly told Trump that Russia “will not back down” from the goals of its invasion, according to a Kremlin summary. Moscow continues to demand that any peace deal recognize its territorial gains in eastern Ukraine—a position Kyiv rejects. Russia has also repeatedly turned down American and European...