After beforehand pushing for a ceasefire and threatening extreme penalties for Russia if President Vladimir Putin didn’t cease the warfare, President Trump on Monday appeared to again off that demand.
“I do not suppose you want a ceasefire,” he stated when requested about whether or not his earlier name for a ceasefire had modified. “I do know that it may be good to have, however I may perceive strategically, like, effectively, you realize, one nation or the opposite would not need it.”
He continued that he likes “the idea of a ceasefire for one purpose, since you’d cease killing individuals instantly.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Donald Trump take part in a gathering within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, August 18, 2025.
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“However we will work a deal the place we’re engaged on a peace deal whereas they’re preventing,” he stated.
